Urine

  • Booty Rash

    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…