it is a IV catheter, with a picc line that goes directly to the heart. her line became infected in february, with positive cultures for
yeast and bacteria(i cant remember the bacterial strain). it was dxed as early sepsis and she cleared in 9 days of iv antibiotics. she was moved to a skilled nurse facility to finnish her iv tx, and pt.after 2 weeks there she developed a UTI. she cleared the infection, but 1 week later her wbc was starting to rise.