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exactly 2 weeks ago I was told I had crohn's and admitted to the hospital for the first time ever. I originally went to the doctory's because I was having fevers with shaking and chills and abdominal pain. Well I was admitted and started on iv antibiotics and then sent home with PO antibiotics along with steroids and pentasa. so then I had raging diarrhea and they suspected cdiff....well that was negative. Then I started to feel better. Then came last Tuesday and the shaking and fevers came back. They did a stat CT scan on wed: no abscess no fistula but still alot of inflammation in the ileum. So Wed evening they started me on cipro and flagyl and told me to take tylenol scheduled if needed for the shaking/chills/fevers and to go to ER for any breathrough fevers. Well Wed night I went to bed at 10pm and took tylenol....woke up shaking at 2 with slight temp so i took more tylenol.....woke up again at six with slightly higher temp so I took more tylenol. By 730 my temp was 102.7 so off to the ER I went. They admitted me for IV antibiotics. My wbc was elevated compared to Tuesday when I had outpatien labs drawn.
The GI doc thinks it seems unusual that I would have a crohn's fever with shaking/chills 2 weeks into steroid treament. They are concerned about an infection elsewhere. Originally I was gonna have an outpatient colonoscopy this coming Wed but now I will be having it tomorrow (sat) at 8 am. Oh joy...my prep starts in about an hour.
They are also consulting an Infectious Disease specialist to be sure they are not missing anything and to be sure I dont have something else going on with the Crohn's. I hope they get that all straightened out this time because the shaking/chilling/teeth chattering crap is for the birds. Well actually this whole thing is for the birds....but you all know that.
Anyhow....thank god for internet access in the hospital. I'll be spending the rest of the day pooping. Hope you all have a good one.
exactly 2 weeks ago I was told I had crohn's and admitted to the hospital for the first time ever. I originally went to the doctory's because I was having fevers with shaking and chills and abdominal pain. Well I was admitted and started on iv antibiotics and then sent home with PO antibiotics along with steroids and pentasa. so then I had raging diarrhea and they suspected cdiff....well that was negative. Then I started to feel better. Then came last Tuesday and the shaking and fevers came back. They did a stat CT scan on wed: no abscess no fistula but still alot of inflammation in the ileum. So Wed evening they started me on cipro and flagyl and told me to take tylenol scheduled if needed for the shaking/chills/fevers and to go to ER for any breathrough fevers. Well Wed night I went to bed at 10pm and took tylenol....woke up shaking at 2 with slight temp so i took more tylenol.....woke up again at six with slightly higher temp so I took more tylenol. By 730 my temp was 102.7 so off to the ER I went. They admitted me for IV antibiotics. My wbc was elevated compared to Tuesday when I had outpatien labs drawn.
The GI doc thinks it seems unusual that I would have a crohn's fever with shaking/chills 2 weeks into steroid treament. They are concerned about an infection elsewhere. Originally I was gonna have an outpatient colonoscopy this coming Wed but now I will be having it tomorrow (sat) at 8 am. Oh joy...my prep starts in about an hour.
They are also consulting an Infectious Disease specialist to be sure they are not missing anything and to be sure I dont have something else going on with the Crohn's. I hope they get that all straightened out this time because the shaking/chilling/teeth chattering crap is for the birds. Well actually this whole thing is for the birds....but you all know that.
Anyhow....thank god for internet access in the hospital. I'll be spending the rest of the day pooping. Hope you all have a good one.
