For the past three weeks Ryan’s had a rash on his booty that is just not relenting. My instinct is it began as a side-effect from the antibiotic to treat his urinary tract infection. It’s not getting worse — and perhaps just a tad bit better — so that’s good, but the healing is excruciatingly […]
UTI Cause Determined
Ryan’s current urinary tract infection (UTI) is really a battle to resolve. Two antibiotics were administered that didn’t touch it. Fortunately, they aren’t meant to kill off the bacterial strain present. In one way, this is good news. I thought Ryan might have built up a resistance to those two classes of treatment, but now […]
UTI Beats Antibiotic
Note: This post shows an illustration of a penis in a medical-context. One of my deepest fears is realized. The antibiotic Ryan was on for ten days, Levaquin, didn’t touch the urinary tract infection (UTI). In simple terms, the bacteria has either built up a resistance to this class of antibiotic or we were treating […]
Tomorrow: Breaking News Released
I’m giving a newspaper interview later this morning for a story that will be published tomorrow. After this goes to print I’ll then issue a press release to several dozen news groups. I’ll post that press release on this website tomorrow. I wish I could be more specific, as I generally don’t like to tease […]
Baclofen Reduced. UTI Found.
BACLOFEN The ten percent reduction in baclofen, now some fourteen hours later, is not causing any noticeable problems. Ryan is tolerating it well. He had a peaceful night. I’ll be interested to see how he copes with the decrease once I get him up (in about twenty minutes) and exercising. I’ll also be watching for […]