He doesn't look sick!

Our Buddy has been sick for a while now.Although outwardly you cannot see that he is ill.He has a bacteria which has set up home in his colon.He has a lot of tummy pain and has a hard time eating sometimes.
It was discovered at the beginning of Feb when he was having lots of symptoms.At that time he was given Azithromycin to help get rid of this bug.After the course was finished he was tested again to make sure it was gone.He unfortunately tested positive again.His Drs decided that they would give his body time to get rid of it by itself.

Unfortunately after about a week he got really sick with an ear infection and upper resp infection. It was decided that a stronger antibiotic was needed as he was fighting so many things at once.This antibiotic is normally only given to adults. Due to Brocs history with C-Diff the Drs are not left with many options.

Last week Broc started having tummy symptoms again with a fever.He also had congestion and a slight cough with this so we thought he had a virus. He spiked a fever of 102F on Sat and got very ill. He was tested for the flu and strep on Sunday which came back negative. He had more tests done on Monday and it was found that this bacteria is still living inside of him.

It is called campylobacter.Normally people will have this without even knowing they have it.You can get it from eating food that was not prepared properly or has gone bad. For some reason it is very comfortable in Brocs colon and loves making him sick over and over again.

Tomorrow we will be seeing Infectious Disease to see if he can come up with another antibiotic to kill this bacteria. We will also be seeing an ENT Dr to see what the next step is for Brocs ears that keep draining. We are hoping that he can keep his ear tubes for a little while longer so that he doen't need to have another surgery so soon.

We also visited Motts yesterday and saw a Urology Specialist regarding Brocs new issue. He was dx'ed with a hydrocele. We will go back in 3 months to discuss what the next plan of action is.

We are hoping that the Drs can figure out a med that will rid this bacteria from his body.

A lot of the health issues that Broc has you cannot physically see.This bacteria is just one of them at the moment.