Bijulee, can you enlighten something? What is the the disease? You wrote elsewhere that there are some bacteria in the blood? It is endocarditis? or sepsis? or simply bacteremia. since his heart involved most, it is very serious infection, i guess endocardits in acute phase (but other organs are also involving simultanously). It takes about 4-6 weeks of antibiotic treatment and surgery if it is most serious. Pacemaker itself is a predictor of endocarditis, so if it is not endocarditis, then he might have some chance of bacterial endocarditis in the future. however, some antibiotic should help. I am just curious what is the disease that made Pranav hospitalized for so long. I wish he will get well soon.