I promise I am still Alive

So I am sorry I have not been updating my site. There just simply has not been any time at all and to be honest this is going to be a fast one. I am so angry and upset with certain people at the hospital. I am so disappointed as well. So we have had all of these issues going on and no answers, so finally I just lost it and I think everyone knew it was coming. When we got admitted they tried and tried and tried and just couldn not get an iv in lucian he was so dehydrated that he just kept blowing veins and the couldn’t find any. Finally the found one and so he got some fluids like that for just a short time before that vein blew. So by this time Lucian has had it and I have had it watching them poke needles just about anywhere they could get them in our son. Lucian was crying so hard he was sobbing. And I had to hold him down. Made me feel like total shit. So through all of this we have explosive cases of diarrhea and some vomiting. The diarrhea being far the worst yet still no one knows why. The did a bunch of blood work and s stool sample. The stool sample came back and it tested positive for c diff, so my first thought being like what int he hell is this and then did my own research and found out that it is a bacterial infection in Lucian’s intestines. So great. Now what? One more thing to add to everything else what is next seriously. To top it all off this is what I have found on it. How do you get c diff?
# Antibiotic Use – We all know that antibiotics are used to kill bacteria that are causing infection somewhere in the body. At the same time, the antibiotic can kill the “good” bacteria in the GI tract, allowing the “bad” bacteria such as C. diff to grow unchecked, producing the toxins that cause severe diarrhea. Some estimates say that about 90 percent of all health care associated C. diff is related to broad spectrum antibiotic use.

# Anti-ulcer Medications – Anti-ulcer medications decrease the acidity of the stomach which in turn prevents gastric reflux and ulcer formation. However, altering the acidity of the stomach and GI tract can kill off “good” bacteria, allowing C-diff to grow out of control. In addition, altering the acidity of the GI tract can create an environment that is perfect for “bad” bacteria such as C-diff to grow unchecked.

# Long Hospital Stays – A combination stress from illness, weakness from laying around in a hospital, and the potential for C-diff contamination from patient to patient makes extended hospital stays a risk factor for C. diff infection. In fact, C. diff infections within hospitals is a major problem for all infection control departments. Special isolation procedures are in place to limit the spread of C. diff from patient to patient via health care workers.

# Underlying Chronic and Acute Illness – As mentioned earlier, acute and chronic illness can weaken a body’s defenses, making it more susceptible to C. diff infection.

# Age – Like many infectious illnesses, people older than 65 years of age seem to be more at risk for C. diff. In addition, younger children and infants are also at a greater risk. Most likely, the risk is greater in these age groups due to weak or immature immune systems that are unable to fight a C. diff infection.
C. diff is present in the stool of infected people. It forms spores that can be transferred by direct contact to toilets, bed rails, towel racks, etc. People can also spread the spores from hand to mouth when coming in contact with contaminated surfaces. C. diff spores can live and infect up to 5 months on environmental surfaces. Unfortunately, C. diff spores are not killed by traditional disinfectants used by hospitals when cleaning. Chlorine bleach at a concentration of 1:10 is the only agent that effectively kills C. diff spores on environmental surfaces. So I have my work cut out ahead of me that is for sure. I am simply exhausted. So we had to deal with stupid incompetent people today that have ben charting that he was getting his medicine and he never received one dose of it. Funny thing is that our nurse came in this morning and I un hooked him from his continuous feed and changed him and got him situated and then she came in and said ill be back with his medicines so I said ok. Literally like a couple hours later I paged our nurse to come in this is after I fed him bolus i might add and said i really need to give him his medicines. She said ya I know and i want you to I am waiting on the pharmacy, so i said well his prevcid should be int he refrigerator thats where it was yesterday. And has been the whole time. She said well I will look again but I didn’t see it so she comes back in like two minutes an says it was buried ok so where is his antibiotic that I was told he needed yesterday and has yet to receive, that on I am waiting on. Ok well something is nt adding up because one of the doctors came in and I told him about this and he said that it says that they have been charting it that he has been getting it every four hours ok well that is funny because if that was the case then why cant you just bring it in to me you shouldn’t have to order it if you have been giving him this all this time. Ok so bottom line we were in there and it was never giving to him and then someone tried to tell me that they put it in his feeding bag well thats funny because I was the one that unhooked that and o ya i was the one that fed my son at 10:00am waiting on you to bring me his medicines he was so hungry I refused to wait any longer. He was so happy to feel full. He has lost so much weight he is at 15lbs again which is small because he was almost to 16lbs a couple ounces over. So we are really going to have to work on that. Well I just wanted to fill you in on a little of what I have been through in the last week it has been pure hell. But I just wanted to let everyon know I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth and I hope everyone will forgive me.