The month of October has been pretty good to me. I have managed to stay out of the hospital this month! As a matter of fact it has been close to two months since I have been without a urinary tract infection. During this month, I have had many episodes of reflux. It seems that the 10 weeks of taking Ciprofloxacine has wreaked havoc on my stomach therefore causing me to reflux. Reflux can be very dangerous as I can easily aspirate food into my lungs causing pnuemonia. We are slowing down how fast I eat to see if that helps and hopefully we will see a change once I stop taking the antibiotic. This lovely drug as well interacts with my seizure medication Sabril, and I have been having two to three seizures daily. I only have a few more weeks taking the drug and as my neurologist said you have to take the good with the bad and currently the good is no urinary tract infections!
My other bit of news to share with you is that Irene, my dear friend and therapist will be leaving us in December. Irene is going to have a baby boy with her boyfriend Javier. We are excited and happy for her. I gave her my old crib and cradle that my paw paw Brown made for me and a bunch of other really cool things for her baby boy. Irene has been wonderful to me. God is always looking out for me and putting wonderful people in my life. She has done an excellent job with me and has gone way beyond the call of duty as this year has been more a year for a nurse rather than a therapist. Thankfully, Irene knew of another great therapist Maria Jose, that will be starting work with me December 1st. She came out and spent three days with us and liked me and our place out here in the jungle and has accepted the position. Mom and dad were excited about that as they did not have to search high and low for another therapist.
All in all, things are pretty good. We take what we can get and staying out of the hospital is a great thing. I am getting excited as I am headed to Texas soon for my big fiesta.
Love Malia