Don't complain if your back HURTS

So today was another waiting, waiting, and waiting game. The infection Dr. came and ordered more blood work and for Kim to have a PICC line placed. That is a very long IV in your arm that can stay for months and months for long term antibiotics. Matt had one a year ago and did great. Then the nuro Dr. came and said, you definitely have an infection, but what to do about it is not so clear.

So Kim went down to Radiology for a xray guided needle aspiration of the infected area. It could be as bad as it sounds, but Kim did good, especially after some great pain medication. So the plan tonight is...if the aspiration shows Gram Positive, then he goes home and does antibiotics for weeks and weeks. If the aspiration is Negative then Kim needs back surgery. The Dr. needs to go in and clean out the infection, and while he's in there he would clean up about 4 disc of the arthritic disease. So once again we wait and I really don't know anything. So until tomorrow.