I talked to a dear friend of ours that is up with dad today while Mom is with MeeMaw. He was able to talk to the nurse some and get some additional information. The nurse said that dad drinks a full glass of water with his pills, and drinks tea with meals. He doesn't drink much in between, but it was nice to know that he is drinking some. Nothing taste or sounds good to him right now so it's hard for him to drink the water so we have some other options, and we are going to try those.
They said that it could take a couple of weeks before he will really start to feel better with his intestinal bacterial infection (C-DIFF), but signs of having this are: nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea, weight loss, and some others. I am hopeful that once the medicine can start working, then we will start to see improvements in these areas and then we can see more signs of improvements over all.
Please pray that the meds will start to work asap and dad will start to notice a difference with feeling better. The infection is bacterial.
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C-diff is nasty stuff. It is generally caused by having to be on so many antibiotics for other things...go figure. My mom had it a couple of times. Once treatment is started, though, it doesn't usually take too long to start feeling better. So be encouraged! Love you all!
Thank you for the feedback, I will let mom and dad know.
I sent you some info on C Diff and also some other things that I thought might help you all better understand his care and healing track from this point on. Hope it is understandable and sheds some light on things.
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