Our family’s primary care physician, Dr. Rodriguez, came over to our home yesterday to give Ryan a general examination. Physically, Ryan is doing very well, so he believes. He was quite impressed too, telling me “this is the best Ryan has looked” when he was wrapping up. It made me feel good to hear this….
Just weeks after coming off antibiotics to treat a particularly resistant urinary tract infection (UTI), Ryan has developed yet another UTI. Since last week I knew his body was trying to fight one off and he held it at bay for a while. But, last night his leukocytes (white blood cells) jumped from “trace” to…
Ken For a guy who really never leaves the house, you might imagine my surprise to find a deer tick attached to my inner thigh. Just a few more inches higher could have spelled real disaster. They are just nasty, ugly creatures. I suspect one of the dogs brought it into the house, but who…
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…
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…