Doing her annual follow up appointment with her orthopedic surgeon they also did routine X-ray and blood work is when they found two types of staph infection along with increased levels of Cobalt and chromium. Which lead to further testing which lead to a complete removal of her hip implant, a medicated spacer implanted followed by 8-10 week of antibiotics through a port before receiving her sixth hip surgery. I should note that for a little better than 11 years her cobalt and chromium levels were elevated until this last revision when they went back down to normal levels