enterobacter cloacae

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It has been a long time since I posted. It was a difficult christmas as Henry

got really sick. He was/still is a mess. It started with runny nose, fever

around 100, and then progressed quickly to a blocked nose with green and yellow

stuff and then he woke up with eyes and nose crusted over with this goo. He was

very irritable and would fall asleep in our arms and immediately at bedtime. A

few days of eye drops and 9 days of augmentin starting on new years eve, and he

is still very congested. At times he is so congested he gags, almost vomiting

and his cough has been worsening.

We saw his pediatrician yesterday and he prescribed Bactrim because a call to

the cf clinic showed that he had cultured Enterobacter cloacae in his last two

cultures. The problem with the bactrim was that we had 1.75 teaspoons to get

down and he vomited if he swallowed just a little. Two vomiting spells later,

this evening we started a prescription for zithromax. He doesn't want to even

try it and he spits it out. I am not sure how much of the initial dose went in.

It is all trying on my nerves, as I am not feeling that great either. I am

concerned that this is getting ugly fast and that it isn't going to get better

if we can't get antibiotic down his throat. Mixing the zithromax into babyfood

seemed to temporarily jeopardize the enzymes at the next feeding. He was highly

suspicious. Any comments or suggestions? He has a clinic visit thursday and we

will see an ENT then.

mom to Henry 2 years old w/cf