News on Isaiah

We received some discouraging news this morning.

We got phone calls from both the Manchester clinic, as well as our doctor’s clinic.

The infection Isaiah had was in fact MRSA. Thank goodness we caught it early and he was switched to antibiotics that would respond to MRSA.

When we saw our doctor on Tuesday, he ran another culture to see if Isaiah is a carrier of MRSA. The test came back positive. This explains why he got the infection. Basically the bacteria Isaiah has on his body contains MRSA (we all have bacteria on our bodies and some of us could actually be MRSA carriers and not know it. I think around 2 percent of the population are carriers of MRSA – once again, Isaiah’s got great odds).

Our doctor advised that he is still fine to go to daycare and anywhere else, but we will start giving him ointment in his nose, twice a day for 3 weeks and he will be on antibiotics for another 14 days.

I asked the nurse if this is another lifelong thing and she said basically yes. Basically if Isaiah gets an open wound he will have to get on antibiotics right away. We will also have to be diligent about cleanliness, hygiene, etc.

I’m very much disheartened by this news…considering just putting Isaiah in a bubble to live the rest of his life. Ha! Really, though I know we can handle another “issue”, but pray for my sanity. So many big things for such a small boy to handle...