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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: bradley Date: August 18, 2015, 5:40 pm
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Continuing in prayer. It never hurts to get more prayers!!
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Piper Date: August 19, 2015, 9:59 am
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Thanks, you. :)
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Helen Date: August 19, 2015, 5:43 pm
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Will continue to pray for you both x x
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Heartsong Date: August 19, 2015, 10:47 pm
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Thinking of you Nancy and keeping you and Kevin my prayers.
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Piper Date: August 20, 2015, 11:28 am
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[font=trebuchet ms]Thanks, ladies. Prayers for you both, as
well.[/font]
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Piper Date: November 8, 2015, 10:26 am
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A quick update, copied from a recent letter to Kerry, who has
been a constant brother and good friend:
Just got back from the Iowa trip late on the 5th. Was a long
drive, but this time we left the day before the appointments and
stayed overnight so we'd be close. Had a quick breakfast at
McDonalds and then hurried on to the Sibley clinic / hospital.
We told Dr. Rosman how poorly Kevin's been doing (he's even
started having very annoying leg tremors that keep him awake),
and she has maxed his dose of drugs, and added in a third
antibiotic, so he'll be on three at once. They also 'stabbed'
him and took many vials of blood to test for lots of possible
co-infections, which are common with Lyme (I'm discovering that
tick-bites are really bad news!). If we get nowhere with all
that, he will have to try intravenous antibiotics, where he'd
have a pic-line, and would have to hook up for 6 hours a day for
direct drip into his veins. He has a lot of anxiety about the
port and all of that, so I hope it won't become necessary.
My test showed 4 bands and 1 band. The 4 (out of 5) indicate
I've been infected fairly recently, we think summer 2014, since
the tonsil-thing and reflux started last winter. The 1 weak
band indicated progression beyond stage one just beginning. So
. . . another month of antibiotics for me, and now I'll be
taking azithromycin, as well as the doxycycline, morning and
night. I've developed lots of foot pain, especially heel, and
that's typical of the bartonella co-infection. Doc said it's
likely a herx reaction, as well, and told me to get serious
about detox. There's a yucky hot drink we mix up, and I'm
supposed to do foot-soaks. Ha! Like I have time to sit around
with my feet in a pan of warm water! Good news is my tonsil has
shrunk back to normal size, and I've had no more reflux
problems. Just sore feet. And tired.
The trip back home seemed like endless miles of highway through
empty farmland, and it was very soon dark. I'm so bad at road
trips! Just can't stay awake, and I have to keep stopping for
breaks and naps. But, hey! I got us there and back alive! We
won't go again until March. I won't go up there on winter
roads, and risk getting stuck up north. Hopefully by March the
weather will be stable. I think she may expect me to stay on
antibiotics all the while, but I'm going to take it a month at a
time.
So, that's the big adventure. Home seemed wonderful when it was
all over. The world is a very noisy place, and the farm seemed
blissfully quiet upon return, aside from my barking dogs and
noisy parrots, haha.
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