Category: Health update

  • Nine days of IVs down…?? more days to go.  When the port is accessed you are supposed to change the needle weekly.  It’s not the end of the world if it doesn’t get changed on the exact day.  It is also good to give your skin a break from the tegaderm that covers your needle.…

  • …IVs for 2 weeks then reevaluate how I’m feeling to determine if I need to continue to the usual 3 week (21 day) course.  I will be doing the same antibiotic cocktail that I did last time in May/June which was Aztreonam (2g every 8 hours) and Amikacin (25 mg/kg (1250 mg total) every 24…