Hi - My 7 year old son is going into the hospital for the first time since diagnosis 5 1/2 years ago. It is for a bronchoscopy and a PICC line. They said they will insert the picc while he is under anesthesia for the bronch. I know how to eplain all of that to him. I am just wondering what to expect with the IV antibiotics and the PICC line after wards. They say he will probably be in for 4 days to get levels; I assume they mean from the antibiotics. I remember when he was little and had IV antibiotics it burned him when they ran. We had a lot of trouble with his IVs at the time because he was so small and really sick. They tried a PICC line and couldn't get one in. He kept blowing the ivs lines. He is pretty big now - 91lbs and 4ft 6 in. and he feels fine so hopefully that will help. Should we expect him to be uncomfortable when the meds run? How long do they normally run and how often? Any other side effects? How often do they need to check blood levels and do they do that through the PICC or does he have to be stuck? What is is like when you are in the hospital? Do you bring your vest? How soon after the IV meds, do they do a PFT to see if it made any difference? sorry - I have a ton of questions. Thanks.