We got the call for the results of Carson's last throat culture on Tuesday. He cultured staph. This is the first thing he's cultured. Many of us have staph running around in/on our bodies, but it doesn't affect us. CFers can be greatly affected by it. Carson had a cough for the weeks before his appointment and had been on antibiotics and finished right before clinic. Now that it was positive, he's is on a different antibiotic to treat it specifically.
What our CF nurse told Chris was that they will treat it the first time it is cultured and only treat it if he has any symptoms. Considering Carson has a cough, runny nose, and it hacking up some mucous--I'd say that he has symptoms. The first antibiotic he was prescribed he had an allergic reaction to, so we started a different one on Thursday night. So far, so good.
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