Tuesday, March 26, 2013

And the day started off so well ..

I woke up feeling decent, finally after 10 days had a BM (TMI - whatever I showed you my foobies) so I was feeling so positive that my healing was gaining momentum.  Then I went to the infectious disease Dr.

So I have cellulitus*. An infection in my tissue.  The Dr poked me all over my chest, it was painful!!!! So what does this mean? Well, tomorrow I will be getting a chest CT scan and a picc. I am told the picc is an IV that is in your arm and is threaded up to your shoulder. They do that so when I get the antibiotic IV, I already have the line in and it is located in a central place.. my shoulder. The Dr. projected 6 weeks of treatment since I have expanders in.  There is a 50/50 chance that it will work,  however the Dr. said he has a good success rate.  If it doesn't work then my left expander will have to be removed. (This is when the tears started.) Depending on my CT scan I might have to have the fluid drained too.

I am hoping .. PRAYING this is all just overkill.  I know I have an infection and my current meds didnt work and I need more meds but I am pretty upset and scared about this.  Better safe than sorry.

I will know more tomorrow of the specifics tomorrow.  My entire day will consist of test and then getting the first infusion. 

As my sister reminded me - I did this for all the right reasons!  I keep having to repeat it to myself.

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