On Monday (22nd) he collected the sample and I took it in. Tuesday (23rd) we got a phone call from his doctor telling him to stop taking the medicine because Travis has Clostrium Dificile. At this point Travis was in so much pain that he was unable to sleep through the night. He was completely miserable and just sat in a recliner most the day. They could not give him anything for pain because it would slow down his stools, and would not allow for the bacteria to leave. I bought him a heating pad and that sometimes helped ease the pain, at least enough he got some sleep. There are only two different medicines used to treat this, and so he started taking Metronidazole.
So, you may be wondering what is C. Difficile?! It’s a bacterium that can cause diarrhea or life-threatening inflammation to the colon, which can cause it to burst and release that bacterium into your body. I get a little confused about how it all happens. But basically antibiotics kill helpful bacteria and without the healthy bacteria C. difficile grows out of control. At this point C. difficile attacks the lining of the intestine and destroys cells and produce inflammatory cells. C. Difficile can cause dehydration, kidney failure, other life threatening infections, ruptured colon, etc.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Abdominal cramp begin
Travis came home from work with intense abdomincal cramps, bloody diarrhea and mucus. It persisted through the 20th, when he went back into the Instacare, where they prescribed yet another antibiotic and then sent him home with a plastic container to collect a stool sample.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Got sick - Sinus Infection
Trav had been sick for a little while, and the kids had RSV. He then got sick enough on the 17th he decided to go into the Instacare. He came home with a prescription and a diagnoses of a Sinus Infection. I filled the prescription and gave it to him; he took 2 pills, and then just stopped because he felt like he should.
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