Had a rough night last night. I had convinced myself yesterday afternoon that the C-Diff test would come back negative as the diarrhea had stopped for over 18 hours. Man was I wrong! The diarrhea came back hard last evening and continued through the night. I lost count after 10 trips to the bathroom. I was not at all surprised by morning time when the doctor’s office called and told me my lab test for C-Diff was positive.
I am on a six week regiment of antibiotics again. At least the doctor recognized I am a repeat offender and went for a long dose instead of trying a short dose and me offending again. I truly trust it will work and I won’t have a reoccurrence when this round of antibiotic is over.
I am on clear liquids, crackers and rice for 24 – 48 hours. Once I have things slowed down and they stay that way for 24 hours I can add other food back in as tolerated.
I didn’t think I would ever eat chicken noodle soup again but here I am. Never say never! I poured the broth of the soup over rice for dinner. I fixed Jim Beef Stroganoff using the left over steak from Sunday night. He said it was good. Can’t say I have much of an appetite right now but am doing my best to get some liquids down so I don’t get dehydrated. I really don’t want a trip to the ER if I can avoid it.
Things have slowed down today. Hoping they will stay that way through the night. I took two naps today – I don’t have much energy today. It has rained most of the afternoon and it was a good nap day. So very grateful for the rain we are getting. I can almost hear the earth drinking in the rain. We were so very dry.
I sure hope I am feeling much better tomorrow afternoon so we can go to Nicole and Geoff’s wedding reception. I couldn’t have done it today but with the antibiotics on board I am hoping tomorrow will be a good day. It may be a wet event as they are getting lots of rain there too. It is all outside but there is a shelter house and lots of canopy tents. It will be an adventure for sure.
The handyman got the second exhaust fan installed today. Nice to have that project crossed off my list of things pending. So far the basement has stayed dry. Today was a good test for that as we got lots of rain in a short amount of time. I think it is now safe to finish the sheet rock project and be fairly sure that it won’t leak and get wet again.
I forgot to call today and cancel our old internet provider. I will do that Monday. I will have to take the router to Council Grove sometime next week. I really like the new internet so far. I loaded a movie from Amazon Prime today and it loaded very quickly. That never happened with the old internet provider.
Jim went to Emporia today to pick up my prescription – it was $110 out of pocket. The prescription insurance covered $1,500. Wow! What do people do that don’t have insurance? I spend most of my “fun” money on prescriptions these days.
Got the bill from the propane company so I pre-purchase propane for next winter. $1,800! I’m grateful I have the funds but hate to spend it on propane. I don’t have any carried over from last year as last year’s temperatures were colder than normal. I wonder what this year will be like. Hopefully we will be above normal temperatures for most of the winter and some will carry forward so next year’s bill will be less.
Trusting tomorrow will be a better day and I will be feeling much better. I am tired of this already. I allowed myself to cry and be upset today but told myself I will accept what is and deal with it with my big girl panties on tomorrow.
Grateful for medication that will help me feel better, grateful for the rain the prairie is getting, and grateful for Jim’s loving care.