Halloween...a day to remember

I've always like Halloween, never really had any reason to dislike it!  I think it has to do with how much I love to just watch people....and on a day when a lot of people are dressed up in costumes, it's just a fun day for me!
I love looking back at old pictures to see what my kids dressed up as when they were younger.  But today I'm especially reminiscent because one year today, I found out that a rare bacteria infection that had set up shop in my abdomen was officially gone.  
In June, 2012 I went in for what was deemed as a simple surgery, and what wound up happening was a 2.5 inch open hole was left on my stomach and was given oral antibiotics.  My blood work showed that after 10 days of the antibiotics and evidence of high fevers, I was sent to an infectious disease doctor.  She explained to me that my rare bacteria had a name, Burkholderia Cepacia.  It's a pretty bad bacteria that is really hard for humans to get rid of, since it is mainly found on plants.  It really liked me and began to colonize instead of die.  So I had a mid-line IV for some IV antibiotics, along with which I was assigned a home health nurse.  Mid Lines are for short term use.  So my doctor had them remove it after my second surgery which was in August.  About 3 weeks later, I found myself in the ER with a high fever and really bad abdominal pains.  One of the colonies had hidden and the bacteria was back in full force.  This got me a real quick admittance into the hospital.  While I was there, I got my PICC line.  The IV that threads to just outside your heart and is used for long term use.  Luckily I got my same home health nurse, and now i was on the "last resort" antibiotic.  After 7 weeks of this treatment and one more surgery, my blood levels finally proved that the infection was gone!  Whew!  
So Happy Halloween and here's to a another year of healthy living!!  : )