Wowsers... some things have happened in the last few months. Namely, I got a new boob.
On September 12, I woke up feeling like poo. My left breast was red and I was in pain. There was puss coming out of my breast and I knew something was really wrong. I called my doctor. She saw me that morning. And I was admitted into the hospital with an infection. To make a long story short, I was started on vancomycin. The next day, I got a PICC line in my right arm. And that evening I was whisked into emergency surgery. Dr. Thakar took out my old implant and washed out the cavity. She then placed a brand new implant in. I spent 5 days in the hospital.
Now I am on nafcillan for a staph infection (not MRSA). I am getting it though an IV, so I am attached to a pump and IV bag 24/7. It's really irritating. Last week, my infectious doctor put me on rosephin. I was excited to be on that drug because I would only have to administer it once a day and wouldn't be attached to a pump. However, I developed an allergic reaction - hives, itchy throat and my eye started to swell up. Um, it was a no go. I was pumped full of benadryl and put back on my old antibiotic.
So here I am... still healing. Wishing that I felt better. Turns out that there was a part of my scar that didn't heal all the way. It started to expand and then the infection got in making the hole bigger. I went from okay to severely not okay really quickly because it was the radiated side. If it had happened on my right side, I probably would not have noticed.
