A word to the wise....infection is not something to mess with........

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Hello all, I thought I would drop a quick post. To make a long story

short I had my total unit pulled out on Thursday. One day short of 5

weeks. The wound were my unit was placed in my side never healed, plus

my unit had twisted slightly. I have a picc line for at least 14 days

and have to have my wound packed every day, maybe every other day. NOT

FUN! I see my doc tomorrow so I'll know more then. I had another dr

pull the unit out since my doc was out of town when everything " blew up " .

Anyway, I thought Id give a friendly warning/reminder to everyone to

remember that infection is not something to mess with at all. I may

have to wait 6 months before it can be replaced. You never know how

good something is until you don't have it anymore.

Don't think twice about calling your dr if you think something is

wrong. I know I never will.

JC