Specialist? I guess not....

I got a call from our doctor yesterday. She was calling Wake Forest to set up an appointment with the specialist. Well, they said it would be a waste of a trip to go up there and that what we are doing is what they would suggest anyway. They did give a couple of suggestions, increase Hibiclens to 2-3 times per week for a few months (instead of once per week) and Bactroban nasally 2-3 times a day for 6 weeks. Both of these are to help cut down the colonization on their skin. We have done the Bactroban nasally, but only for 2 weeks. Everything else they suggested, we already do. At first, I was frustrated and not happy about the news, but then a friend reminded me that it was a blessing. It's better to know now instead of waste the time and money to go up there, pay for the trip and doctor visits, and then find out that they wouldn't do anymore than we already are doing.

Their skin actually looks wonderful right now. My 4yo's looks better than ever!!! Her back feels soft and supple! It has never felt that way before! Our last visit to our kinesthesiologist, he gave her a parasite syrup, because she tested positive for a certain parasite. Anyone out there dealing with eczema, I would hightly suggest trying this. She has done this "cleanse" twice in the past year, and both times gave the best results we have ever seen. Parasites are actually very common in children, especially ones that put things in their mouths a lot. The kind we used was Dr. Christopther's Parasite Syrup. It's not great tasting, but my 4 yo is able to handle it.

Right now, both girls are MRSA-free. At least on their skin, from all outward appearances. I still feel like it's been coming from the layers of the skin or GI tract or somthing, and that the antibiotic just isn't getting to it all. The spots just come up from nowhere and has never been where their eczema is. Mostly they get spots on their legs, arms, and torso. Both of them have eczema mostly on their feet, hands, and knees.

During the last round of antibiotics on both girls we gave them milk thistle seed with it. Our kinesthesiologist suggested it (the one that does the NAET allergy treatments). So far, no recurrances of MRSA, so hopefully it helped the antibiotic get in there and do it's job.

We'll keep doing what we are doing, and pray, pray, pray!