Friends and Family - thank you all so much for your prayers for Bharathi!
She began to have the serious problems on Monday afternoon. Her doctor prescribed 2 doses of steroids which seems to have helped. All of the testing and investigative reports came back normal. She was scheduled to have a brain CT scan on Saturday, but since she was doing much better, the hospital decided to discharge her and not do the CT scan.
Bharathi is supposed to take her TB medication on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Her Wednesday TB drugs were withheld, which seems to have made the big difference. To make sure that it is the TB drugs that she is reacting to, her doctor directed that she be given her Friday dose.
We were hoping that since she was in the hospital they would keep her to observe her. But, they insisted that she be taken home. Within 3 hours after taking the medicine, she again began to have problems. Tonight her doctor instructed that she be brought to his home.
He has observed everything, and again prescribed 2 doses of steroids and then to report to him tomorrow. She will go off of her TB medicine for a week, and then try each of the 4 TB drugs one at a time to see which drug is giving her the problem.
She began to have the serious problems on Monday afternoon. Her doctor prescribed 2 doses of steroids which seems to have helped. All of the testing and investigative reports came back normal. She was scheduled to have a brain CT scan on Saturday, but since she was doing much better, the hospital decided to discharge her and not do the CT scan.
Bharathi is supposed to take her TB medication on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Her Wednesday TB drugs were withheld, which seems to have made the big difference. To make sure that it is the TB drugs that she is reacting to, her doctor directed that she be given her Friday dose.
We were hoping that since she was in the hospital they would keep her to observe her. But, they insisted that she be taken home. Within 3 hours after taking the medicine, she again began to have problems. Tonight her doctor instructed that she be brought to his home.
He has observed everything, and again prescribed 2 doses of steroids and then to report to him tomorrow. She will go off of her TB medicine for a week, and then try each of the 4 TB drugs one at a time to see which drug is giving her the problem.
Please continue to pray for strength and recovery for Bharathi, and please join us in thanking God for her doctor, (Dr. Ravi) who has given her such wonderful care through this time! Dr. Ravi specialized in USA in infectious diseases and is working at
Neerikshana Clinic, where all of the Ashirvad children are served!
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