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Hubby is Up and Around
Well, it looks like my husband John is starting to get better after his bout with severe food poisoning. He got up, got dressed, walked the dog, and even went to the store today. 
:woohoo: He is also planning on going back to work for one day tomorrow to get things taken care of before he has to take me to the hospital for surgery on Friday.
He is still not back to normal, unfortunately... he has had loose stools a few times today, even though it is now three and a half days later (but we have pretty much narrowed down the cause to a dangerous strain of E. Coli and with this strain, it can be 5-10 days before the patient is back to normal). However, he has only been to the bathroom three times, which is much better than every 20 minutes Sunday night/early Monday morning, and each time he's gone there has been, in his words, "more actual poop and less blood" in the toilet. His pain is also decreasing, and tonight he was STARVING -- a great sign. He ate a bowl of chicken soup and a big bowl of plain rice
Also, I called the health department about this and they called John back today. They asked him a lot about what he'd eaten in the three days preceeding the onset of symptoms, whether anyone had eaten the same stuff on those days. It was just me, usually, except for one day we went to a seminar and ate pizza at it last week. Really, we've been eating the same stuff almost entirely except for that night at the restaurant we are complaining about, when we both had different entrees. They also asked whether or not we knew of anyone else getting sick, but again, that was a no -- no one from the seminar we attended is ill, and of course, I'm apparently not either. They asked a lot about his symptoms and asked for his doctor's name and number, and permission to call him if necessary.
The upshot is, the inspector who called us was riled up and pretty convinced that it was this dangerous E. coli strain (possibly the one that caused the recent Taco Bell and spinach E. coli outbreaks where people died, believe it or not) -- she headed to the restaurant we ate at immediately after speaking to John for a little surprise inspection! I am really glad I called just the health department and didn't call to let the restaurant know too -- this way, they didn't have a chance to "clean up" before the inspector showed up, and it's more likely something will be found.
We should be hearing from them again with updates shortly. It's pretty scary to think that my husband may have been a victim of a deadly E. coli outbreak....
Thankfully he's pretty young and healthy, and I was able to get him to his doctor right away!!!!!!!!!!!
:woohoo: He is also planning on going back to work for one day tomorrow to get things taken care of before he has to take me to the hospital for surgery on Friday.He is still not back to normal, unfortunately... he has had loose stools a few times today, even though it is now three and a half days later (but we have pretty much narrowed down the cause to a dangerous strain of E. Coli and with this strain, it can be 5-10 days before the patient is back to normal). However, he has only been to the bathroom three times, which is much better than every 20 minutes Sunday night/early Monday morning, and each time he's gone there has been, in his words, "more actual poop and less blood" in the toilet. His pain is also decreasing, and tonight he was STARVING -- a great sign. He ate a bowl of chicken soup and a big bowl of plain rice
Also, I called the health department about this and they called John back today. They asked him a lot about what he'd eaten in the three days preceeding the onset of symptoms, whether anyone had eaten the same stuff on those days. It was just me, usually, except for one day we went to a seminar and ate pizza at it last week. Really, we've been eating the same stuff almost entirely except for that night at the restaurant we are complaining about, when we both had different entrees. They also asked whether or not we knew of anyone else getting sick, but again, that was a no -- no one from the seminar we attended is ill, and of course, I'm apparently not either. They asked a lot about his symptoms and asked for his doctor's name and number, and permission to call him if necessary.
The upshot is, the inspector who called us was riled up and pretty convinced that it was this dangerous E. coli strain (possibly the one that caused the recent Taco Bell and spinach E. coli outbreaks where people died, believe it or not) -- she headed to the restaurant we ate at immediately after speaking to John for a little surprise inspection! I am really glad I called just the health department and didn't call to let the restaurant know too -- this way, they didn't have a chance to "clean up" before the inspector showed up, and it's more likely something will be found.
We should be hearing from them again with updates shortly. It's pretty scary to think that my husband may have been a victim of a deadly E. coli outbreak....
Thankfully he's pretty young and healthy, and I was able to get him to his doctor right away!!!!!!!!!!!
Im so glad he is feeling better!
Me, same way - "where's Jeremy?" Although, apparently coming out of it, I am quite humorous while still fuzzy. But I don't remember a thing about that stuff, lol. 
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