Re: Yet another update on my husband

January 26, 2009

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> Well I got a phone call this morning telling me not to come to the

hospital. Apparently he has

> some sort of contagious bacteria in his gut. Apparently we all have

it but normally the good

> bacteria keeps it in check. When someone's been on antibiotics long

term, it kills off the

> good bacteria, allowing the bad to grow. It causes really high

fever and BAD diarrhea. He told

> the doctors that I am pregnant and they told him to tell me to stay

away, at least for today.

> So I am supposed to be cleaning and doing laundry. Anyway

they're supposed to do

> another culture today and get him started on an oral antibiotic

which will kill this bad

> bacteria. It'll take about 24 hours to get the results of the

culture back. If there's nothing bad

> in it, they will likely send him home in a few days with an oral

antibiotic.

My husband got the same condition. It is called Cediff(sp?). It IS

very contageous and will have to be controlled for a long time.

There are only two medications to treat this FLAGYLL or VANCOMYCIN.

The later of the two if taken by capsule is over $1000/month (it is a

level 4 drug) with insurance (was in my case) Any way, I worked with

a compounding drug pharmacy (Apathacary) that sells me the vancomycin

powder that I mix with Sterile water in a syringe daily. I portion it

out into the 4 doses and mix it with grape juice and he drinks it.

This cost is only $7.00 ...quite a savings (syringes and sterile

water are $15 dollars more)...but quite a savings.

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