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Sandy, you and Jim are so in my thoughts.

Keeping you both in my prayers. HOping that everything goes well and you
are home before the weekend.

:hug: to you both

We're up and having coffee. I'll be calling the doctor in a few to find out the results. :hug: to all.

I hope it's good news Sandy. :hug:

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Originally Posted by SandyC (Post 363895)

He told me Friday one of the reasons he works for the VA is because he doesn't have to deal with insurance bs. He said he became a doctor to heal his patients, not fight insurance companies, his words. :)

Hey ya'll just move on down here and bring that Doc with you! I could sure use a good urologist myself right now. Seriously they are building a VA facility/clinic here in Madison sometime in the next 2 years.. with 200,000+ retirees in North AL we need one.

Jim, you will be in my prayers. :hug:

Pam

we'll be waiting for your update, Sandy-dear!

and praying.

:hug:

Ok, so the doctor called and Jim is resistant to all oral antibiotics. BUT, since Jim is not having more symptoms and because he actually feels better the doctor said the bacteria may be colonized and not harming him. The bacteria he has is Ecoli and one other that is now gone, I believe, Enterobacter. This is the one the doctor was most concerned with but now it is gone thanks to Macrobid.

He is going to call us back today with a final decision. He will be talking to home health to see if they would be willing to do home antibiotics since he is not sick enough to be admitted. If he's admitted and home health decides he's not a candidate, he will need to be in the hospital for ten days rather than the three we thought. The doctor and I feel that admitting Jim while he feels better may not be the right answer since he would be exposed to hospital germs and such.

As soon as I hear from the doctor I will be back to update. I am so sorry to all of you that this is back and forth. This is how it goes here at our home. Ups and downs and never knowing what the answer will be. I guess that's why they call these complicated UTI's?

Thanks for the update Sandy. Complicated UTIs? Oh come on! No such thing! J/K! I hope Home Health can deal with it and Jim can stay home. I am sure he (and you) will feel much better.

On pins and needles waiting for an answer before we fly out of the country tomorrow afternoon! Keeping fingers crossed that it's nothing but good news! :hug:

Thanks for the update, Sandy, you handle this like a champion. ;)

well thats some good news, and if Jim can do this at home thats good too. he can be a bit more relaxed, tell him I said hello and you too take it easy, you going to build an ark or should I? yowsers