Trust me, this is not a game you want to win. The grand prize... Giardia! Yep, baby girl still has Giardia after two rounds of treatment. Our pediatrician says she's never seen this in her 21 years of practice. The medication that Aliyah took the first two times was supposed to be effective in 90-95% of cases. This time she is prescribing another medicine that is less effective but we have heard from other adoptive parents of Ethiopian children that it worked for them.
Luckily the test this time only requires one stool sample instead of three (hey, it's the little things that make me happy! :) If this third round doesn't work then we will need to see an infectious disease specialist.
Aliyah doesn't have any of the horrible symptoms that usually come with having Giardia but because we have other small children in the house, it's important that we get this cleared up.
9 years ago
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