Port infection

On Friday Ezra had his port, that was just put in place removed. The area around his port continued to look red after many rounds of antibiotics. They are usually able to flush enough antibiotics into a port to knock out the infection…not the case with Ezra.

So they removed it, and the results from the labs on it came back today. The infection that was living in the port was also the pseudomonas (the same infection that was in his blood). That is kind of good news, because it means it wasn’t an additional infection, and chances are when he gets a new port put in he won’t have the same problem. His Dr. said he should not get this infection again…not sure how he knows that?

Here is a picture of what a port looks like.

They do a surgery to implant it under the skin and hook it up to vein, just like this.

Since Ezra had to have his removed he is using a PICC until he is cleared safe to get another port implanted. Here is what a PICC looks like.

Did I mention they don’t put your child under for a PICC placement? Looks like a lot of fun to me!

And that wraps up your public health message!