Yep, that's right C-Difficile again!
Only this time it is Kaitlann that has it, not Mackenzie!
Some of you may or may not be aware that
she has had diarrhea now for 4 1/2 weeks.
After many test (some having done more than once)
she has finally been diagnosed!
We couldn't believe it was c-diff because
none of her symptoms were like Mackenzie's except
for diarrhea. Actually, that is the only symptom she has had.
Praise God that we have not be in and out of the ER with dehydration!
3% of the population carries the bug without ever knowing it!
It can spread by spores that can live for months on dry surfaces.
It was once mostly confined to elderly, hospitalized patients, but
now a new strain of the bug is attacking healthy, young people
outside of the hospital! The full extent of spread it yet unknown!
In October of 2006 an article was written about this new epidemic
of severe C-Diff that is 20 fold more toxic then the normal strain
of bacteria! The new strain has already invaded at least 19 state:
California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Mass.,
NJ,NY, NC, Ohio, Oregon, PA, TN, Texas, Washington,
and Wisconsin! So everyone beware! Please go to the doctor if
you have any symptoms!Fever, Diarrhea, Abdominal Cramps and
in Mackenzie's case last summer, vomiting!
So, just keep us in your prayer as we treat this and pray that it goes
away in one round of antibiotics unlike it did with Mackenzie!
She also has to go see an ENT doctor. She has been having bad ear infections
that are taking at least two rounds of antibiotics to get rid of!
Only this time it is Kaitlann that has it, not Mackenzie!
Some of you may or may not be aware that
she has had diarrhea now for 4 1/2 weeks.
After many test (some having done more than once)
she has finally been diagnosed!
We couldn't believe it was c-diff because
none of her symptoms were like Mackenzie's except
for diarrhea. Actually, that is the only symptom she has had.
Praise God that we have not be in and out of the ER with dehydration!
3% of the population carries the bug without ever knowing it!
It can spread by spores that can live for months on dry surfaces.
It was once mostly confined to elderly, hospitalized patients, but
now a new strain of the bug is attacking healthy, young people
outside of the hospital! The full extent of spread it yet unknown!
In October of 2006 an article was written about this new epidemic
of severe C-Diff that is 20 fold more toxic then the normal strain
of bacteria! The new strain has already invaded at least 19 state:
California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Mass.,
NJ,NY, NC, Ohio, Oregon, PA, TN, Texas, Washington,
and Wisconsin! So everyone beware! Please go to the doctor if
you have any symptoms!Fever, Diarrhea, Abdominal Cramps and
in Mackenzie's case last summer, vomiting!
So, just keep us in your prayer as we treat this and pray that it goes
away in one round of antibiotics unlike it did with Mackenzie!
She also has to go see an ENT doctor. She has been having bad ear infections
that are taking at least two rounds of antibiotics to get rid of!
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