Bugs? Oh lovely!!

Thomas is doing great!! His meds are working, his attitude is great, and he loves his job at Best Buy!! God is good!!

Me? Well, since I am over 50, and have had intestinal problems in the past....what? Oh, I contracted giardia twenty years ago, when backpacking. That's an intestinal parasite, picked up from water that is not 'clean'. Back them no one knew that the little white tablet that is supposed to purify the water, didn't work for this parasite. You had to boil the water to kill the little bugs, but at our high elevation, boiling is basically impossible...Over the years, whenever I get stressed, I have to 'run' to the facilities. My parasite got so bad back then, I named him 'Luther', since he seemed to be hanging around. I ended up in the hospital, taking quinine to get rid of it...but I have always wondered if Luther was really dead, since I tended to have those problems from time to time. So, I went to Thomas's doctor to get my colonscope done. And guess what?

I have some sort of parasite. Get to take some 'samples' so they can figure out what kind...what do you bet, it is Luther....In the meantime, I am on Crohn's meds, too. Not as potent as Thomas's, but three pills every morning....

Good thing we have already met our deductible this year...And you have to admit, the Cochran household is NOT boring!!