3-in-1

While I still have three intravenous ports sticking in me, I have set a new personal medical record. For the first time ever in my life, I have three IV ports in one arm, all functional !!! It's epic. The one in the back of my left hand failed (painful and leaky). It was removed and a new one was installed in my right mid-forearm to go along with the others in my right lower-forearm and in the back of my right hand. With all of my medical exploits in recent years, this is the first time I have ever had three IV ports in one arm at the same time. Amazing. I am receiving two IV antibiotics and an IV blood thinner all at the same time. (My not-so-recent record for IV ports is a total of four in my arms, but one was eventually removed for malfunction. This time, my malfunctioning IV port was removed before the new one was installed.)

In the early 1980s, I studied pre-med for two-and-a-half years at Villanova University before switching my major to communications/journalism, so this medical stuff continues to interest me.

November 2, 2025, Boca Raton Regional Hospital