Zak was given a very expensive tablet called Zyvox, so he will be taking it twice a day for two weeks. He will then be given a penicillin-type antibiotic for 4 weeks. And his treatment should be complete.
After viewing some new x-rays that were taken on Wednesday at the surgeons office, Zak has made the difficult decision to go ahead with the surgery to scrape the infection out of his bone. We saw some significant deterioration of the bone, the last joint of his finger is completely gone. This new surgery will take place on Tuesday, April 8th. Our hope is that we can save the majority of his finger, and ensure the infection has been eradicated.
P.S. the culture taken from his picc line site was also positive for staph. A new infection.
