A Week of Diarrhea, great title for a blog post huh?
Sophie started Gentamycin with vancomycin a week and a half ago. Within a few days she began having horrible diarrhea. We tried decreasing the frequency to no avail and we finally dropped the medicine a few days ago. I actually dropped all of her medicine and I am only giving her vitamins and lots of probiotics.
Wednesday she had blood in her stool. It was probably 1/2 teaspoon. My husband was gone with our only car so I could not run to the ER. I called him instead to come home and called the doctor on call at the clinic where our DAN practices. The doctor called me back within a few minutes, right as my husband was pulling up with our car. This doctor had called the DAN to confir with her. My DAN advised that she had seen this quite often and if it wasn’t a huge quantity, or continuing, that I probably didn’t need to panic. Of course I already had panicked, but these words were soothing. I did not take her to the ER and she only had a little blood in the next diaper and none after that.
After studying on the internet, I found that gentamycin is known to cause bloody stool. The thing that a doctor would worry about would be the development of clostridia, but with the vancomycin on board that isn’t an issue.
This week has been really rough. She developed big raw and bleeding sores on her bottom, I have changed runny diapers every half and hour at some times and I have scrubbed carpets for hours this week. I will have to call in the pros for my carpets. Today if Sophie is still having problems I will be calling in the pros for her too.
My husband was part of a mass lay off of his company, so our insurance ends tomorrow. He will be competing with at least 100 other people laid off from his work with similar skills for jobs. I am so glad I have God who provides.
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hey…i have been so busy…haven’t checked in a while…sorry to read this…immediately brought me back to jaden when he was a baby…it was called c-difficile…i know the vanco is the big gun that the dr pulled out to stop it…but it was awful…blood and mucous…constant poop…he was actually referred to a pediatric GI who recommended giving jaden high fat foods like french fries to coat his tummy…he also told us to try florastore…which is a probiotic…the DAN isn’t worried about this at all? i think clostridia may be the c part of c-difficile…there’s a test…despite the fact that sophie’s on vanco…as our drs were concerned that the vanco wouldn’t work on jaden…then they were at a loss…
sorry so long…just worried/praying for you!
Comment by heather on August 31st, 2008 @ 11:18 pmThanks Heather, I gave Sophie some high fats foods because of your comment yesterday and she seemed a bit more comfortable. We took test a few months ago that showed that she had clostridia c deficile. My doctor gave her vanco at that time and she went from constant constipation to normal bowel movements. That went away shortly after we stopped the vanco. This mix of medicines was suppose to kill everything in her digestive track and start with a clean slate. The doctor said she saw the diarrhea, even with the bood, quite frequently. She did mention getting a Ped GI involved.
I gave probiotics every 4 hours yesterday and started giving biotin, which I wish I would have thought of earlier. If she is still having problems today, I will take her into the doctor. I will post an update tonight. Thanks for your prayers!
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Poor baby! Big hugs to everyone and best wishes to your husband finding another job ASAP!!!
Comment by Cyndi N. on August 29th, 2008 @ 9:22 pm