Could it have been my husband all along?

[airial95]

As most of you know, we've been on this journey for a couple of years now. Both my husband and I are pretty religious about getting swabed every time one or both of the kids come up positive and have always come up negative.

 

We have asked our pediatrician and Dr. M on multiple occasions if we should have bloodwork drawn to rule us out as the issue - and Dr. M said that if we get cultured regularly then bloodwork shouldn't be necessary.

 

At our appointment with Dr. B last month, he ordered blood on the whole family - as is typical for him.

 

His office called this evening saying that my husband's bloodwork came back positive for strep!!! FANTASTIC!!! I wish I would've pushed harder for us both to get tested...

 

Makes me wonder if he has been the reason that our kids can't seem to stay off abx and keep from getting strep. The kicker - he was on augmentin just before the blood draw for a suspected ear infection!!

 

So he is off to his primary tomorrow to try to "score" some abx to clear him. Dr. B has faxed the lab results over for him to take with him, and hopefully he won't be met with too much opposition - if so, I'm hoping that our pediatrician will help us out.

 

My husband laughed when I told him because every night when he gets home from work the kids "whack out" as soon as he walks in the door - start fighting or getting super hyper, etc... it's like clockwork almost every day - he said he wonders now that he knows he was positive if it's because they can "smell the strep" on him! lol

 

I never thought that my husband leaving next week for 3 months for a project at work would be a blessing! Maybe it will make a difference!!!

[Kiera]

That's actually great news, as that might be the answer to the problem, time will tell. Did Dr B recommend any specific abx or length of treatment to get rid of carrier status and do you have to repeat blood work after the course to make sure it's gone? We are currently waiting on our household carrier status results to come back. keep us posted.

[airial95]

We only talked to his office staff last night when they called to tell us the results. They faxed them over to him and told him to go into his PCP to get on abx right away.

 

He's having a hard time getting into his doctor today - I told him he's not allowed back into the house until he's on a death dose of abx!!!

[Kiera]

You should google "clearing strep carriage" as I think clindamycin is recommended. Just an FYI.

[airial95]

I'm doing just that now - but got side tracked by this "doctor's" wonderful insights on strep and carriers.

 

I'm just glad that these posts are a few years old...