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Reply to "Here We Go... Again"

Steve, I hate these stories and I am so sorry you and your family are dealing with this. That said, you and your daughters seem to be taking things in stride. Small reward, to be sure.

I know how you feel (somewhat), with the whole family affair thing. My two boys were fortunate to enter adulthood before developing UC, and neither of them have required colectomy (yet), nor has my husband. For that I am super grateful.

I think you can pretty much assume daughter #2 has UC. While there may be other potential diagnoses to rule out, bloody diarrhea is nearly always associated with UC (particularly with a strong family history). So unless she has been on antibiotics recently, I think you know what is going on. I sure hope that she will be placed on oral meds in the short term and they do not wait for a colonoscopy, as we all know how things can escalate. My youngest son went from complaints of the bloody diarrhea, an urgent appointment with the primary doc, immediately sent for ER consult with GI, and colonoscopy the following day. He was admitted to the hospital right after the scope for IV steroids and antibiotics, due to pancolitis (same as I had when I was 15). Lucky for him, it resulted in a quick remission. That was about 15 years ago and he now only has spotty disease that responds to oral mesalamine.

By the way, my other son never had severe disease and only gets minor flares. My husband’s has stayed in the sigmoid colon the entire time.

Hope this episode stays calm and buys you guys lots of time. Your kids are fortunate to have a dad who can commiserate with them and offer guidance and reassurance!

Take care,

Jan

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