17 days ago, I went into the hospital after experiencing pain and diarrhea for 4 days. I did not know what was wrong but knew I could neither fix it nor control my body. My neighbor took me to the ER, from which I was admitted into the hospital for 13 days. I had never been hospitalized before, and the first 5 days were distressing & frightening. By the evening of the 5th day, the labs had progressively worsened and the C-diff, intestinal infection had gotten so much worse that the surgeon and the internist told me they thought they would have to remove my colon; but they tried one more antibiotic - the 5th one? - and by morning the infection had not worsened and the labs were somewhat better. Daily, the infection lessened and the labs improved. By the 13th day I was able to be discharged … with a different outlook. I was very fortunate to have had such excellent care - to have been cared for and healed - at University Hospital & Clinics, a part of Lafayette General, an Ochsner facility in Lafayette, Louisiana.
I wondered how horrible the results would have been in another era, or presently in many other places.
Wishing you a quick recovery