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debs2girls

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Rebecca, I am not real super sure myself. We are currently in the hospital, been here a week. I told the doctor this morning that Chey has been having very frequent diarrea (sp). He is checking her for C-Diff.

I have been reading up on this. Is this something that she will always have? If she does indeed have it now.
 
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debs2girls

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Rebecca, I am not real super sure myself. We are currently in the hospital, been here a week. I told the doctor this morning that Chey has been having very frequent diarrea (sp). He is checking her for C-Diff.

I have been reading up on this. Is this something that she will always have? If she does indeed have it now.
 
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debs2girls

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Rebecca, I am not real super sure myself. We are currently in the hospital, been here a week. I told the doctor this morning that Chey has been having very frequent diarrea (sp). He is checking her for C-Diff.

I have been reading up on this. Is this something that she will always have? If she does indeed have it now.
 
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debs2girls

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Rebecca, I am not real super sure myself. We are currently in the hospital, been here a week. I told the doctor this morning that Chey has been having very frequent diarrea (sp). He is checking her for C-Diff.

I have been reading up on this. Is this something that she will always have? If she does indeed have it now.
 
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debs2girls

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Rebecca, I am not real super sure myself. We are currently in the hospital, been here a week. I told the doctor this morning that Chey has been having very frequent diarrea (sp). He is checking her for C-Diff.
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<br />I have been reading up on this. Is this something that she will always have? If she does indeed have it now.
 
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Mommy2Zeke

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C. Diff has a very distinct smell to the stools in addition to being extremely watery. Zeke hasn't had it, but he's been tested for it a couple of times when in the hospital on IVs.

As for contact transmission, a lot of hospitals are deeming it a contact precaution condition (full smock, gloves, mask) for all the staff that go in the room. I don't know if that's the case where you are. If they aren't then it could definitely be from them passing it to your child. C. diff is mostly only contagious from other people through the fecal-oral route... so if staff are changing other C-diff babies diapers, they can be a risk if they don't wash hands.
 
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Mommy2Zeke

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C. Diff has a very distinct smell to the stools in addition to being extremely watery. Zeke hasn't had it, but he's been tested for it a couple of times when in the hospital on IVs.

As for contact transmission, a lot of hospitals are deeming it a contact precaution condition (full smock, gloves, mask) for all the staff that go in the room. I don't know if that's the case where you are. If they aren't then it could definitely be from them passing it to your child. C. diff is mostly only contagious from other people through the fecal-oral route... so if staff are changing other C-diff babies diapers, they can be a risk if they don't wash hands.
 
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Mommy2Zeke

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C. Diff has a very distinct smell to the stools in addition to being extremely watery. Zeke hasn't had it, but he's been tested for it a couple of times when in the hospital on IVs.

As for contact transmission, a lot of hospitals are deeming it a contact precaution condition (full smock, gloves, mask) for all the staff that go in the room. I don't know if that's the case where you are. If they aren't then it could definitely be from them passing it to your child. C. diff is mostly only contagious from other people through the fecal-oral route... so if staff are changing other C-diff babies diapers, they can be a risk if they don't wash hands.
 
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Mommy2Zeke

Guest
C. Diff has a very distinct smell to the stools in addition to being extremely watery. Zeke hasn't had it, but he's been tested for it a couple of times when in the hospital on IVs.

As for contact transmission, a lot of hospitals are deeming it a contact precaution condition (full smock, gloves, mask) for all the staff that go in the room. I don't know if that's the case where you are. If they aren't then it could definitely be from them passing it to your child. C. diff is mostly only contagious from other people through the fecal-oral route... so if staff are changing other C-diff babies diapers, they can be a risk if they don't wash hands.
 
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Mommy2Zeke

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C. Diff has a very distinct smell to the stools in addition to being extremely watery. Zeke hasn't had it, but he's been tested for it a couple of times when in the hospital on IVs.
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<br />As for contact transmission, a lot of hospitals are deeming it a contact precaution condition (full smock, gloves, mask) for all the staff that go in the room. I don't know if that's the case where you are. If they aren't then it could definitely be from them passing it to your child. C. diff is mostly only contagious from other people through the fecal-oral route... so if staff are changing other C-diff babies diapers, they can be a risk if they don't wash hands.
 
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izemmom

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Yes, pretty much once you smell c.diff poo you'll always know. It's a special kind of nasty. For Emily, there was also a lot of pain prior to BM's, which were runny. The second time she had c.diff she became so dehydrated that she was hospitalized for a few days, which meant also that the poo stopped for a few days, and then when it started...holy cow! Never saw or smelled anything quite like it.

I constantly worry about C.diff, especially since she's almost always on antibiotics (and now does low dose zithro 3X/weekly). But, so far she hasn't had it again...thanks in part to the probiotic.
 
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izemmom

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Yes, pretty much once you smell c.diff poo you'll always know. It's a special kind of nasty. For Emily, there was also a lot of pain prior to BM's, which were runny. The second time she had c.diff she became so dehydrated that she was hospitalized for a few days, which meant also that the poo stopped for a few days, and then when it started...holy cow! Never saw or smelled anything quite like it.

I constantly worry about C.diff, especially since she's almost always on antibiotics (and now does low dose zithro 3X/weekly). But, so far she hasn't had it again...thanks in part to the probiotic.
 
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izemmom

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Yes, pretty much once you smell c.diff poo you'll always know. It's a special kind of nasty. For Emily, there was also a lot of pain prior to BM's, which were runny. The second time she had c.diff she became so dehydrated that she was hospitalized for a few days, which meant also that the poo stopped for a few days, and then when it started...holy cow! Never saw or smelled anything quite like it.

I constantly worry about C.diff, especially since she's almost always on antibiotics (and now does low dose zithro 3X/weekly). But, so far she hasn't had it again...thanks in part to the probiotic.
 
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izemmom

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Yes, pretty much once you smell c.diff poo you'll always know. It's a special kind of nasty. For Emily, there was also a lot of pain prior to BM's, which were runny. The second time she had c.diff she became so dehydrated that she was hospitalized for a few days, which meant also that the poo stopped for a few days, and then when it started...holy cow! Never saw or smelled anything quite like it.

I constantly worry about C.diff, especially since she's almost always on antibiotics (and now does low dose zithro 3X/weekly). But, so far she hasn't had it again...thanks in part to the probiotic.
 
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izemmom

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Yes, pretty much once you smell c.diff poo you'll always know. It's a special kind of nasty. For Emily, there was also a lot of pain prior to BM's, which were runny. The second time she had c.diff she became so dehydrated that she was hospitalized for a few days, which meant also that the poo stopped for a few days, and then when it started...holy cow! Never saw or smelled anything quite like it.
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<br />I constantly worry about C.diff, especially since she's almost always on antibiotics (and now does low dose zithro 3X/weekly). But, so far she hasn't had it again...thanks in part to the probiotic.
 
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RebekahsMom

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I have dealt with c. diff numerous times since I work in a nursing home. Thankfully, my daughter has never had it.

Yes, once you've smelled it, there is never a doubt if it happens again. There really is no description for the smell. I've also noticed there is a distict color to it. For the residents I've taken care of, it was a grayish/greenish color. Of course they were all taking the same antibiotic for it, so the coloring could have been from the medicine.

Keep in mind, too, that even if it's cleared up, a person can test positive for 6 months after. It isn't something that happens with each hospital visit, and it isn't just your child, either. Someone, somehere, didn't properly wash thier hands.

I hope it gets cleared up soon.
 
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RebekahsMom

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I have dealt with c. diff numerous times since I work in a nursing home. Thankfully, my daughter has never had it.

Yes, once you've smelled it, there is never a doubt if it happens again. There really is no description for the smell. I've also noticed there is a distict color to it. For the residents I've taken care of, it was a grayish/greenish color. Of course they were all taking the same antibiotic for it, so the coloring could have been from the medicine.

Keep in mind, too, that even if it's cleared up, a person can test positive for 6 months after. It isn't something that happens with each hospital visit, and it isn't just your child, either. Someone, somehere, didn't properly wash thier hands.

I hope it gets cleared up soon.
 
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RebekahsMom

New member
I have dealt with c. diff numerous times since I work in a nursing home. Thankfully, my daughter has never had it.

Yes, once you've smelled it, there is never a doubt if it happens again. There really is no description for the smell. I've also noticed there is a distict color to it. For the residents I've taken care of, it was a grayish/greenish color. Of course they were all taking the same antibiotic for it, so the coloring could have been from the medicine.

Keep in mind, too, that even if it's cleared up, a person can test positive for 6 months after. It isn't something that happens with each hospital visit, and it isn't just your child, either. Someone, somehere, didn't properly wash thier hands.

I hope it gets cleared up soon.
 
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RebekahsMom

New member
I have dealt with c. diff numerous times since I work in a nursing home. Thankfully, my daughter has never had it.

Yes, once you've smelled it, there is never a doubt if it happens again. There really is no description for the smell. I've also noticed there is a distict color to it. For the residents I've taken care of, it was a grayish/greenish color. Of course they were all taking the same antibiotic for it, so the coloring could have been from the medicine.

Keep in mind, too, that even if it's cleared up, a person can test positive for 6 months after. It isn't something that happens with each hospital visit, and it isn't just your child, either. Someone, somehere, didn't properly wash thier hands.

I hope it gets cleared up soon.
 
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RebekahsMom

New member
I have dealt with c. diff numerous times since I work in a nursing home. Thankfully, my daughter has never had it.
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<br />Yes, once you've smelled it, there is never a doubt if it happens again. There really is no description for the smell. I've also noticed there is a distict color to it. For the residents I've taken care of, it was a grayish/greenish color. Of course they were all taking the same antibiotic for it, so the coloring could have been from the medicine.
<br />
<br />Keep in mind, too, that even if it's cleared up, a person can test positive for 6 months after. It isn't something that happens with each hospital visit, and it isn't just your child, either. Someone, somehere, didn't properly wash thier hands.
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<br />I hope it gets cleared up soon.
 
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