Monday, December 9, 2013

Day 28 - What's the C Diff?

Finally Dr's find out what's causing Anna's pain. As you may or may not know that when you are being treated with Chemo it not only kills all the cancer cells but also all the good stuff too. C Diff is an overgrowth of bacteria in the stomach which the body cannot regulate since the immune system is suppressed. What's it called? C Diff. Here is some light reading if you're interested. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/c-difficile/DS00736

10 days of antibiotics and stomach pain will be gone! Now let's go home !!! 
Anna with her new cancer buddy Trevor. He just finished his 2+ year journey and has been amazing for Anna to speak too. This was the day we got home:-) 

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