I am in a nursing home for short term for physical therapy. I ended up with an infection and I had to have a picc line put in on the right side for antibiotics. Recently I have been hearing a swishing and popping noise in my right ear when flushing the line and while the antibiotics are going Into my system. Then, I had a severe upper respiratory infection and after using primaxin with saline and flushing with saline and trying to use a nebulizer with saline, my throat would close up with phlegm and I couldn t breathe. Using hard candy and the saliva from it would keep my throat open. What is going on? Thank You in advance for any advice you can give me.