Figured I would help Chris out...
When Dad first went into the hospital, he was fighting a bacterial infection along with the colitis. Kind of a chicken or the egg thing. They got the infection cleared up with IV antibiotics, and they tried every standard colitis medication. Unfortunately, Dad appears to be one of the 20% of people in the world who don't resond to traditional colitis treatment. Last week, they opted to try an infusion of Remicade which is used to treat Crohn's Disease patients and patients like Dad who don't respond to traditional colitis meds. We did see some improvement after the Remicade, he is scheduled for another infusion next Friday.
The set back last night/today could be due to the MRSA, the antibiotics for the MRSA or the colitis is flaring back up. He is also on large quantities of steroids to help the inflammation in his colon, and the colitis has been so severe, that he's malnourished.
Everyone just keep Bob in their prayers and let's hope his body can get strong enough to fight all of this and let his colon heal!
If anyone has questions, you can always reach me at kj2617@gmail.com
Love to you all and we all thank you for all the well wishes!
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Oh BOB! We all know he has the strength of 10,000 men. (just remind him) Sending prayers and positive thoughts. kirbs
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