Some spring break

So the U had Spring Break last week. Not that it matters to staff like me, who have to come to work anyway even though all if the students we normally serve are off in Key West or Aruba or some such good place. But I digress. Turns out that the spousal unit wound up in the hospital for five days. Resulta que le pegó una infección durante su cirugía más reciente, en enero. So the doctor opened the surgery site back up and cleaned out the infection, but had to culture it to see what the bug was. Llevó tres días el análisis. Aunque recibimos buenas noticias en que no era la variedad que resiste los antibióticos, era Staphylococcus aureus. And staph ain't pretty no matter what. Así que se quedó dos días más en el hospital y le mandaron a casa el martes como a las 20 horas. Los chicos andaban medio muertos de hambre because we were told the discharge would happen around 4 in the afternoon and we hadn't planned on still being out past a mealtime. Then when we got home everybody was T-I-R-E-D!!! Even though we're all home now, we have to deal with IV antibiotics three times a day. Yep. There's a long-term line installed. Le dicen PICC line, que quiere decir "peripherally insterted cardiac catheter." Le entra en el brazo y pasa por sus venas para descargar los antibióticos cerca su corazón. Lovely. And looking at the site where it enters the skin gives us both the heebie jeebies. But we've made it thus far. It's been a tough six months, though.