Daughter's Current Rx Schedule
Feb. 18th, 2011 06:35 amSince last fall, Daughter has been on IV antibiotics for the apparently incurable infection in her liver's bile ducts.(1) She got an infusion every six hours, and each took about 45 minutes.
Doc didn't want the bacteria to develop an immunity to the antibiotics (as happened with a previous drug combo she was on), and wanted to wean her down to less heavy-duty drugs, so we are currently trying an alternate combination of antibiotics which (hopefully) will work as well. However, this combination requires three antibiotics, one IV and two oral.
Her schedule:
5:30 am- IV antibiotic (She sleeps through it.)
7:30 am- oral antibiotics A and B (and then she catches the school bus)
3:30 pm- oral antibiotc A and iron supplement (as soon as she gets home)
5:30 pm- IV antibiotic
7:30 pm- oral antibiotic B and 5 other medications she's on (Iron can't be taken with "B", so it was taken earlier.)
11:30 pm- oral antibiotc A (I have to wake her for this.)
I have this written on a white board in my kitchen, or I'd never keep it straight.
(1)There is one cure for the infection: a liver transplant.
Doc didn't want the bacteria to develop an immunity to the antibiotics (as happened with a previous drug combo she was on), and wanted to wean her down to less heavy-duty drugs, so we are currently trying an alternate combination of antibiotics which (hopefully) will work as well. However, this combination requires three antibiotics, one IV and two oral.
Her schedule:
5:30 am- IV antibiotic (She sleeps through it.)
7:30 am- oral antibiotics A and B (and then she catches the school bus)
3:30 pm- oral antibiotc A and iron supplement (as soon as she gets home)
5:30 pm- IV antibiotic
7:30 pm- oral antibiotic B and 5 other medications she's on (Iron can't be taken with "B", so it was taken earlier.)
11:30 pm- oral antibiotc A (I have to wake her for this.)
I have this written on a white board in my kitchen, or I'd never keep it straight.
(1)There is one cure for the infection: a liver transplant.