Greetings,
My wife had takedown about 6 months ago and was doing great (4-6 BMs/day) until last week. She had nausesa, vomiting, cramping, diarrhea, etc. She went to the GI yesterday who suspected C. Diff and gave her iv fluids. She is feeling better after the fluids but still has diarrhea and occasional abdominal cramping. The test results came back negative for C. Diff. and white blood cell count is high so now not sure what it could be. Any thoughts out there? Thank you!
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Could she have just picked up a GI bug? I mean, we ARE still susceptible to them, just like anyone, just our symptoms can kinda be amped. It doesn't mean it's something tremendous each time.
When I just have diarrhea, I can maintain my hydration, but throw in vomiting too, and I'm at urgent care for fluids. Just keep an eye on her hydration and maybe give it another day or two, then reassess.
Thank you for the reply. Its been about a week since symptoms started so we are hoping, but that seems long for a stomach bug? Because of the Jpouch, does it take longer to recover?
Different bugs last different amounts of time. If it's getting better on its own, that's probably good enough. The name of the bug won't help much.
It definitely could be a GI bug. Especially it it came on fast. My son (who has a healthy colon) had a bad stomach bug a month ago and he felt horrible for over a week. It took almost 3 weeks to even get his appetite back. Hope she feels better soon.
I would suspect pouchitis if it weren't for the vomiting, which leans back toward virus. I was just in the hospital for a GI bug that lasted almost a week. For several days in a row I was going every 30 minutes-2 hours. My "coloned" husband just recovered from 8 days of diarrhea from a GI bug. So there are some nasty bugs out there right now.
Thank you everyone for the replies. She will likely get a scope tomorrow to make sure its not pouch related. It seems like it should be a bug, but it is very strange. She feels good for half the day and then backslides again and feels awful. She is trying to eat bulking foods and keep her hydration up.
Hey Everyone, here is an update. GI thinks it could be 1 of 3 things:
1. small adhesion
2. lingering GI Bug
3. mild pouchitis.
Gonna get an X-ray first. If adhesions aren't the issue, next step will be scope. She feels better for awhile and then worse, its up an down.
