Here’s a question for you. Does the amount of alcohol a victim consumes give any justification for them being repeatedly kicked in the head, all the time being unconscious? For me, I simply cannot make this connection. It seems a person could be sober as a judge or drunk as a sailor and it’s still not […]
UTI Confirmed
I already (mostly) knew Ryan had a urinary tract infection. All doubt was removed when the culture results came in this morning. He’s positive for klebsiella, a bacteria that is resistant to multiple antibiotics. It’s good we knew this and can target it with the proper medicine. Ryan will go back on antibiotics today. Not […]
Hell is Not Damned Good Enough
For the second morning in a row, Ryan’s urine tested positive for both leukocytes (white blood cells) and nitrite. It seems the urinary tract infection beat us, yet again. Unless Ryan becomes highly uncomfortable, it might be best to wait out the culture so we know exactly bacteria to treat. The urine culture went out […]
Urine out for Culture
A few things are in-the-works. You know, I’m not even sure why I just said that. Isn’t that always the case? Oh, well. For one, Ryan’s urine sample went out yesterday for culture. It takes several days to grow out, so we’re looking at Thursday or Friday to know the results. Second, a whopping 18.5% […]
UTI Still Possible. Bladder Scanner Necessary.
Today and yesterday morning Ryan’s urine analysis showed the exact same result. It was negative for leukocytes (white blood cells). This is good. However, it picked up nitrites. This is not good. So, for the time being it will continue to be closely monitored to see if this develops into a full-blown urinary tract infection […]