Fantabulous news!!!

I got my picc line out!!!

If you can't tell I am a little excited but six weeks of a continuous IV antibiotic gets old fast!

I will always have a little scar on my arm to remind me of the fun times.

Yesterday at church I noticed two small circular spots on my arm, it took me a few

minutes to realize it was from the line itself where it was out of my arm (like 8 cm or so)

and the lines were tan lines. Even though I kept it covered with the mesh

thing the sun worked its way through to tan my skin. I want to thank Sarah for

being my personal nurse at work, she changed my dressing multiple times and did a superfantastic job making sure it was clean and that the staylock was in a different

spot so my poor irritated skin wouldn't be so raw. Thanks to Christine as well,

she helped with one of the first dressing changes, as did my neighbor Suzie B.

It is soooo nice to be able to get in the shower and actually be completely wet.

I know that sounds odd, but for a good while my upper left arm couldn't get

wet because of the picc (direct access to my heart-- I didn't need or want

another infection!!) and my lower right arm couldn't because of the

incision on my wrist from the clean-out surgery. Showering was a joke, as many

of you heard me complain about~ Thanks for letting

me complain and sorry for being a whiner about all of this!

Oh and once again thanks to my mom for ALL of the help she's been and for all

of the support she's given. She is pretty much freaking amazing.

I have other great news, I get to go to Powell again. Because of the stupid infection

I missed the June trip with my family :( but we are going again this week and I am sooooo

happy! I am a little stressed out about the money thing but I think Powell is one

of the most stress free, relaxing, and healing places on earth... so I'm going. I'm smart with

my money so let's just hope I have enough saved in case things don't go as planned!