Saturday, March 07, 2009

Diarrhea . . . again!

Lately, Jerry had been having an increased amount of air (aka gas). I call it air because fortunately it is not smelling like the typical gas passed by Jerry. Yesterday, Jerry only worked until 11:30am and once he arrived home he was all geared up to work in the yard and around the house. Unfortunately, he started having diarrhea and it continued almost non-stop throughout the day and night and again throughout today. Jerry hasn't been able to eat and/or drink anything without it literally going in one end and out the other. I told Jerry tonight that we should probably go to the ER so that they can start him on an IV, get some blood tests and check for Clostridium difficile (C. diff). Since Jerry was taking Cipro (antibiotic) for Escherichia coli (E. coli) a few weeks ago he could have C. diff again. But, at this point, Jerry is not ready to take another trip to the ER.

1 comment:

Vicki and Don said...

Sorry to hear about the diarrhea. I know how miserable it is and can understand Jerry's reluctance to once again go to the emergency room. We keep hoping for a "break" so you can both take the vacation you need and deserve! As always...keeping you both in our prayers!

BTW very cute picture of Jerry and Cammie!