A month later, on July 3, Amanza returned home. However, her journey to recovery continues. Now, the mother of two tells the outlet she will continue taking antibiotics for the rest of the year as well as do physical therapy.
“Right now, I have clear blood cultures, so there’s no infection in my blood,” she said in the video. “We have as far as we know all the infection off of my spine. There’s just the aftermath of what the infection that sat there caused, and it’s a very aggressive bacteria. So, there’s some deterioration on portions—just tiny, not anything where I’m going to need surgery right now. Possibly again down the road. I mean, it could be five, 10, 20 years, I don’t know, maybe never.”