Healthy and ID Free!

Over the last few years I have had many places removed on my skin due to the sun. Most of the spots were no big deal but there were several that I had to have surgeries for. The last surgery I had was a little over a year ago and never healed properly. All of this was going on while we were in the middle of moving to Charleston. I made a couple of trips back to Greenville to see my dermatologist [who I still LOVE to this day] and tried to figure out what the issue was, but the day came when I had to find someone here to help and I had to find them fast. After many weekly doctor visits [I will spare the details] and a positive pregnancy test later, I was sent to an infectious disease specialist who determined that I had an infection in the Tuberculosis family. All sorts of questions came to mind: How can we fight this during a pregnancy? Is it going to spread? Is it going to hurt the baby? Should we just cut the whole section out of my leg? WHEN is this going to END?

I was prescribed medication that the insurance kept denying and it seemed like there was no other way to fight this infection. I had been discouraged and wondering if my leg was actually ever going to heal. Everything had been put on hold and it was just a waiting game until after I had Ryleigh-Ann.

At 2:30 this afternoon I had my first doctor appointment since last September with the ID Consultants. Today, I am happy and EXTREMELY THANKFUL to say that I am now healthy and infectious disease free!