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So they did and it didn't work. I was able to get fluids in, but they couldn't draw blood out of it. Oh my God. It was like a sick joke. I was so ready to be done. And I had a PICC line or a midline or whatever they're called in this arm.

So they did and it didn't work. I was able to get fluids in, but they couldn't draw blood out of it. Oh my God. It was like a sick joke. I was so ready to be done. And I had a PICC line or a midline or whatever they're called in this arm.

So they did and it didn't work. I was able to get fluids in, but they couldn't draw blood out of it. Oh my God. It was like a sick joke. I was so ready to be done. And I had a PICC line or a midline or whatever they're called in this arm.

I was able to get my antibiotics through it, but they installed it specifically to drop blood because they were having so much trouble sending all these people in trying to get it out of me and they just couldn't. Maybe you didn't have any blood.

I was able to get my antibiotics through it, but they installed it specifically to drop blood because they were having so much trouble sending all these people in trying to get it out of me and they just couldn't. Maybe you didn't have any blood.

I was able to get my antibiotics through it, but they installed it specifically to drop blood because they were having so much trouble sending all these people in trying to get it out of me and they just couldn't. Maybe you didn't have any blood.

What if someone came in with like a pocket knife at some point and a cup and they're like, listen, we're just going to have to cut.

What if someone came in with like a pocket knife at some point and a cup and they're like, listen, we're just going to have to cut.

What if someone came in with like a pocket knife at some point and a cup and they're like, listen, we're just going to have to cut.

Honestly, it probably would have been less painful than what I'd already experienced anyway. I didn't fully process how sick I was even until like a year later. I had no idea that I was dying and my organs were failing me. Scary. My infection continued after I got out of the hospital. It was not gone.

Honestly, it probably would have been less painful than what I'd already experienced anyway. I didn't fully process how sick I was even until like a year later. I had no idea that I was dying and my organs were failing me. Scary. My infection continued after I got out of the hospital. It was not gone.

Honestly, it probably would have been less painful than what I'd already experienced anyway. I didn't fully process how sick I was even until like a year later. I had no idea that I was dying and my organs were failing me. Scary. My infection continued after I got out of the hospital. It was not gone.

It was to a point where it was like manageable and that I would just have to do a couple weeks of IV therapy, daily antibiotics for, I want to say like two to three weeks. I missed the beginning of my senior year. So I got to go home, but because of licensing issues across state lines, they couldn't authorize any doctor to administer my IV antibiotics to me.

It was to a point where it was like manageable and that I would just have to do a couple weeks of IV therapy, daily antibiotics for, I want to say like two to three weeks. I missed the beginning of my senior year. So I got to go home, but because of licensing issues across state lines, they couldn't authorize any doctor to administer my IV antibiotics to me.

It was to a point where it was like manageable and that I would just have to do a couple weeks of IV therapy, daily antibiotics for, I want to say like two to three weeks. I missed the beginning of my senior year. So I got to go home, but because of licensing issues across state lines, they couldn't authorize any doctor to administer my IV antibiotics to me.

They had to get a home health care nurse to come teach me how to do my own IV. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They had to get a home health care nurse to come teach me how to do my own IV. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They had to get a home health care nurse to come teach me how to do my own IV. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I got to do this, too. And then I taught my girls how to do it, how to flush the line, put in the first thing. It became a little thing they would do.

I got to do this, too. And then I taught my girls how to do it, how to flush the line, put in the first thing. It became a little thing they would do.