Ciprofloxacin is a broad spectrum antibiotic. Sal started taking it yeterday and was meant to be taking it for 5 days while her white count is low. Unfortuately she has had a bad reaction to it. She has severe, double up, stomach pain along with the runs and vomiting. The doc has come out to her and said there isn't a lot that can be done until it is out of her system and has prescribed levofloxacin as an alternative. It is in the same class of drugs but is more tolerated.
So, she is now upstairs in bed whimpering in pain and occasionally getting up to visit the loo.
... and to cap it all I now have a splitting headache myself that won't go away. Stress? Possibly I suppose. It is difficult to know what to do when there isn't much I can do to help?
I am hoping to report that things are better tomorrow.
