tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503867303698174044.post9072160682378112817..comments2013-07-08T19:41:43.502-04:00Comments on The Foster Zoo Crew: Just need to writeLindsay, Wes, and The Zoo Crewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15026569117307221224noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503867303698174044.post-50979463085014052522011-05-21T22:44:09.886-04:002011-05-21T22:44:09.886-04:00Praying for both of you.Praying for both of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503867303698174044.post-1157143156537199692011-05-21T17:13:53.867-04:002011-05-21T17:13:53.867-04:00Thank you very much.
Lil-
The digestive problem,...Thank you very much.<br /><br />Lil-<br /><br />The digestive problem, which turned out to be the large bowel obstruction, started about a month or so ago. That was before Alabama. However, it may not be related to this at all. It may have just been a fluke occurance. The butterfly rash started when we lived in Spokane. He was out in the sun a lot because he worked on the flightline. The more sun he was in, the more the butterfly rash showed up on his face. He did not have it before moving to Fairchild. All the other symptoms: joint pain, high fever, rash on his body, started this week. It is a blessing that it all occured with the bowel obstruction, otherwise I don't know we would have ended up at the hospital and I'm not sure his symptoms would have been taken so seriously by the doctors. All of it occuring at once was alarming to them. If it is a tick related illness, the prompt attention by his doctors with starting him on doxycycline will help him not have long term effects from it. From what I understand, the longer the time between onset of symptoms to the start of doxycycline, the worse the prognosis. His doctors started him on it three days after the onset of symptoms. I am discouraged that all of his symptoms have gotten worse, with the exception of his fever, since starting the antibiotic.Lindsay, Wes, and The Zoo Crewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026569117307221224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503867303698174044.post-36223595576825385932011-05-21T16:52:33.141-04:002011-05-21T16:52:33.141-04:00Hoping for a dx soon so that they can be sure to t...Hoping for a dx soon so that they can be sure to treat with the appropriate meds....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503867303698174044.post-84361028758571306222011-05-21T16:31:54.590-04:002011-05-21T16:31:54.590-04:00Oh Lindsay, my heart goes out to you. As hard as ...Oh Lindsay, my heart goes out to you. As hard as this is on Wes, and it has to be horrible for him to endure, you are suffering in a different way. I wish I could help in some way. <br />The suddenness of this illness makes it highly suspect to be caused by a tick I would think. Wes was fine before you went to AL and he was fine when you first came home, wasn't he? I am so glad you have the best doctors caring for him. I don't pray much, but I am praying for his diagnosis to take place and for his healing to occur. Much love, LilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com