Not Quite So Long Lost (getting better)

So, we have made it through the holidays and stayed fairly healthy, until recently. Emily had her check up on December 7 and we recently found out the dreaded mycobacteria abscessus is back! Why oh, why? We are waiting for sensitivity testing right now--to find out which drugs will be an option to treat this once again. It is a hard regimen with three antibiotics, usually a couple IV and one oral...and the last time we did this for six weeks. Em was actually hooked up to IVs for 4 1/2 hours a day! So, for now we wait--Em's actually feeling bad this weekend, been real congested and running a fever. Calling for snow on Monday, so looks like we might have a long weekend for her to rest up.

Antibiotics, continued and Spring Break

Well, we finished three weeks of Bactrim--which did not seem to touch Emily's current congestion--so now we are in the middle of three weeks of Augmentin to see if that will do the trick. Hopefully! We go back for a clinic visit in two weeks so we hope for a good report and improvements by then.

For spring break we met my folks in Gulf Shores, Alabama. They had their camper at the state park and Douglas, Emily, and I stayed there with them. We really enjoyed the time with them in such a beautiful place. We went to Fort Morgan (biggest naval battle of Civil War), the beach, an amazing trail, Pensacola to see the Blue Angels. It was a busy time but so much fun. Donna and her family were there the week before so we overlapped our stays by a couple of days so "the cousins" did get to play together for a bit. Here are a couple pictures from the trip.