MariB Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 After battling C-diff for 10 months, and 4 confirmed cases. We have a healthy donor for my daughter. She is having a fecal transplant Friday morning. She is resistant to vaynco now and has had a few unconfirmed cases where she called in and increased her medications without being tested. It is believed she has had c-diff 6 times. She takes vancomycin every day and has now for almost this whole time. Tapering doses has not worked. Stopping has been a nightmare. It was first told to us she couldn't do this with the meds she was on by infectious disease. I begged to try it anyway. Her gastrointestinal doctor said her medication should not cause any problems with the healthy stool. As for her lungs. Still not seeing much progress. Long term antifungal. Waiting for these things to calcify. Oh and through all of this, she had originally had to quit EMT class due to being ill on the last few chapters. I am proud to say she just finished her hybrid and is now a NREMT. And has returned to school to finish her LPN year. If she can get the c-diff under control and the antifungals keep the histoplasmosis at bay, they have held a spot for her in the ADN this spring.
paramedicmike Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 I've read promising info about the fecal transplant treatment. Hope this goes well and she starts to feel better soon. I can't imagine how miserable repeated episodes of C. diff must be. Hell, I can't imagine how miserable a single episode must be.
Just Plain Ruff Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Yes, my mothers best friend got a fecal transplant and it did wonders for her. She was deathly ill until that transplant. Who'd have thunk that a fecal transplant could do what it can do?????
MariB Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 At first she was like "no way!" But after repeated episodes she was so ready to try. Finding someone who hadn't been on antibiotics was the hard part. I take one every day for chronic uti. My spouse tested positive twice for rotavirus so he was excluded for some time. Finally a friend of mine stepped forward and he tested great on everything. They pushed to get her scheduled right away as she is pretty sick girl with both illnesses. Who would have thought we would be all so excited? Her doctors are calling this a life saving procedure.
Just Plain Ruff Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 This sure saved my mothers best friend.
MariB Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 I'm sure it did. C diff is something I had never heard of before this. Of course when she got it the first time, she was sick. Really sick. Her wbc was 38000 with 5 bands. She was transferred emergent by ambulance 67 miles to another hospital. Her vitals were crappy, and they were thinking it was her lungs at first. The diarrhea hadn't even set in quite yet. She has been hospitalized 4 times from the c diff itself. Many other times from the histo. Hopefully we can concentrate on just the histo after this.
chbare Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 We have a foecal transplant programme where I work. The results have been reassuring. Best wishes for you guys.
MariB Posted January 22, 2014 Author Posted January 22, 2014 Thanks you! Getting so excited! For what? Poop! I have to laugh, the guy donating is an electrician. When the office called they went through a whole speech about how honorable of a thing he was doing and how he could be saving her life. He kept responding "Im crapping in a bucket, I do it everyday, sometimes twice, if she needs it great " he couldn't imagine others not stepping forward. Trade workers, best ones to consider for donation. Ever. Little crude, but yay!
Just Plain Ruff Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Is there money to.be made doing this? Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk
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