We Hate C. Diff

Jessi has had a rough, very rough week dealing with her C. Diff illness.  She has been battling this since last December and she has been so patient and enduring with it.  I'm impressed for anybody to handle it that well, but especially an 18 year old.  She deserves a "Gold Medal" for perseverance.
Unfortunately though this week it came back with a vengeance.  She has run a very high temp, which she has never had before, severe diarrhea, nausea and just total "Yuck."  After running lab tests at the hospital it was confirmed that yes the C. Diff was still there (which we all knew only the medical profession likes proof)  After conversing with an infectious disease doctor, her GI doctor told us that they are finding more and more that C. Diff is becoming resistant to antibiotics and since it has the potential to be fatal this is very disheartening news.  She has completed 4 rounds of antibiotics for this and it helps but it is never totally eradicated.  So there is one last antibiotic that they have not tried because it is extremely expensive, like $150.00 a pill expensive, but they informed us this is our last hope.  So we began that on Friday and we are praying diligently that this time it will totally destroy this bacteria.  We would love to have you join us by praying for her for the next 10 days to see if we can beat this because the next step necessary would be very unpleasant and we won't discuss it for now because we have faith that this medication will work.

Jessi has been on our couch for most of the week watching the Olympics, but on Friday she declared she was done with being confined to our house so she moved to the back deck where she set up her throne.  She pushed chairs together to make a bed, brought out my laptop to watch movies and found a small fan to keep the warm air moving.  She was quite comfortable and content for the day.  She is amazing to try to keep a smile on her face at all times.  We do love that girl!!!