No antibiotics for me, thanks! – Adam Zwan

My uncle and aunt from New Orleans, LA are retiring and moving to Wilmington, NC during August this year. As a welcome to Wilmington party the rest of the family helped to prep my relative’s new home.

We tried to show them a good time by going to restaurants and with trips to the beach. It was all a great welcome to Wilmington venue until flights were taking off and my body started to experience health complications.

It all started in the middle of the week on Wednesday with late night shivering and hot flashes. After experiencing fever symptom for three nights in a row I was taken to the emergency room to find out what was going on. I spent Friday night in the ER waiting to hear answers. After the urinalysis, blood draws, x-rays and questioning it was finally diagnosed. Since Wednesday the fever occurrences and shivering were all symptoms of bacteria in my urinary track, bladder, and kindest.

The infections have occurred so often that I was advised not to seek antibiotics until I had a fever that would not break and or I was experiencing unbearable pain.   Thus, if I keep taking antibiotic for every infection the bacteria will evolve into an incurable one. As a result my infections are resistant to all antibiotics except for two IV antibiotics. This is my primary reason for not rushing to the ER before Friday night. Also, if the infections reach a resistance to the last two IVs then the next bladder infection will result in high blood pressure, high heart rate, and pain that will all finish with a heart attack.

By Saturday morning I was released home with three different medications to attempt until the blood cultures were executed. So right now I am experiencing any pain or shivering but the wait for blood cultures to confirm I am on the right antibiotics continues. All in all, welcome to Wilmington Aunt Gina and Uncle Rick!