Marshall Jones’ MRSA Story

Although Marshall threw up first thing this morning, and felt crummy (short of breath, nauseous, racing heart), he got much better by the afternoon, and all of his vitals are back to normal. My poor baby, I hope he gets better soon!

Ok, I forgot I can’t call Dr. Lemos today, so I called Dr. Daftarian’s answering service, and she was on call. Hooray! She told us to cut out the Rifampin and keep taking the Bactrim until we reach Dr. Lemos. By 3pm Marshall was already feeling better, his blood pressure was back down, but his pulse was still high (up to 154 at one point).

By night time he was better (111), but his blood pressure was back up (147/109). Good grief.

Marshall is seriously lightheaded again, and short of breath. He nearly passed out in the kitchen this morning, and every time he sits up he thinks he is going to faint. I think he might be allergic to the Rifampin. Going to call Dr. Lemos tomorrow, and quit taking this tonight before something bad happens.

The Zyvox has ended! Much to our dismay, Dr. Lemos has ordered 3 months of Rifampin and Bactrim combination. But, we surely do not want this infection back, so here goes!

Well, we made it. Mom came back, the kids were here, and it was a great Christmas! Marshall has been feeling pretty well overall, I just wish he would gain a little bit of weight, he is still hovering right around 200 pounds (which sounds like alot, I know, but he is 6′ 3″, and is a muscley guy that is skinny at about 225)!

Marshall says his thighs feel like a cheese grater has been run all over them, they are very sensitive, as are his feet. He has also been having problems with his bowel movements, not getting the urge. Dr. Daftarian has put him on a prescription laxative, maybe that will help. She says that you can go for a long time without having a BM without it causing problems, so not to worry. Ok.

Marshall’s dad tells us to try Milk of Magnesia, that it WILL work, but we will stick to Dr. D.’s concoction for now.

Marshall has been a little lightheaded still, we took him off of the Bextra, thinking that might be it, and I think it has helped. He says he has been feeling “weird,” it is hard to tell what that means, and he won’t elaborate too much. I guess he doesn’t know either.

His sugar has been all over the board, he is due to come off of the Zyvox at the end of the month, I think that will help.

We saw Dr. Young (I got the correct one!), and he was very pleased with Marshall’s progress. He is a very nice man, with a good manner, but we have heard from more than one doctor that he is a little preoccupied with catheterization. LOL We digress.

Christmas is coming, am I ready? Of course not. I was so together the last couple of Christmases, cards sent, presents bought and wrapped early–not this year, but I don’t think anyone will blame me. Dad left last Thursday, so things are getting back to normal. Again, I feel like I have been left alone with my new baby, but I am figuring out how to care for him now

We have been learning about Hypoglycemia this week. Hypoglycemia is the term for when blood glucose levels drop to below normal.

Marshall exercised about 10am today, and his sugar levels were actually higher than before he started.

About 7pm, he was feeling weak, and his sugar had dropped to 78!! I looked that up on the internet, and found out about delayed hypoglycemia, which happens to some people. Lovely. So, he got a snack, and all was well.

I think he would much rather be low so he can eat, than be high. Makes sense, but from what I understand, low levels are much scarier. I think Dr. Daftarian’s switch in his diabetes medicine is working though.

Today he has been very lightheaded for most of the day and his blood pressure is still up there.

He had a big pee today–got the urge and everything!!

Blood pressure is a little high today (156/103), but everything else is going pretty well. He has a terrible headache today, but his sugar seems to be a little better controlled. Maybe it is the drop in sugar causing the headaches, and he will start feeling better soon!