Last week I finished the 6 weeks of IV cefazolin and had my PICC line removed. Yay! No more wrapping my arm in saran wrap to shower. Now, 6 more weeks of rifampin and levaquin pills. It built up gradually over about two weeks, but late last week I had a terrible bout with c diff (tested positive). Dang, I thought the pain w/ hip spacer was bad...the cramping from c diff put that to shame. So, now I also have vancomycin pills to hold c diff in check and will probably have to stay on those until finished with the other antibiotics. Fortunately, the vanc pills only took about 24 hours to get rid of the abdominal pain.

Physical therapy has been going very well, and I'm VERY glad to say that this weekend I finally quit using my cane. Since November 15, I've had to use either a walker, crutches or a cane. I still have a bit of a wobble to my walk, but I'll keep working on that at PT. Things are well so far, but I won't really know if I have this beat until I'm off the antibiotics for a while. Thanks and my very best positive thoughts to you all!