7 Weeks Antibiotic Treatment Was Not Enough! Kayla's Lyme Journey Continues.......

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So we thought we were done, that we had killed this bug that so violently showed itself in Kayla last July, 2013. When we first found out she had Lyme she was prescribed Doxycycline. Then one week later was changed to Azithromicin 250mg two pills daily plus Amoxicillin 2 times daily for 7 weeks.

Night before last I was awoken at 3am by Kiara as she said Kayla was in pain and needed me.

I rushed to her bedside to discover that she was in excruciating neck pain, couldn't turn her neck or her body for that matter. I check for fever, none, felt around her neck area and there was clearly a swollen gland or lymph node. But no other signs of anything else.

Late in the morning she was able to slowly get out of bed and she came downstairs where she laid on the couch for most of the day. I applied my oils (Pan Away and Peppermint) and also had a heating pad on her neck.

At dinner time as we sat down to eat I looked over and saw redness on her neck. I looked more closely and I gasped! Is that a bullseye?

Jeff saw my expression and asked what was wrong and I said calmly, I think I see a bullseye. His response was,"No you don't, you would be more freaked out". He didn't realize I was trying to not freak out as I didn't want to upset Kayla. 

But sure enough he saw it too.

How can this happen? We thought she was cured and for 6 months she has shown no signs of Lyme.  

"Recurrent Lyme Disease

Despite previous antibiotic treatment, Lyme disease has a propensity for relapse and requires careful follow-up for years. The data suggest that failure to eradicate the organism may be the reason for a recurrence of symptoms. Early and aggressive treatment with antibiotics is indicated for recurrent Lyme disease. The ultimate impact from retreating each episode of recurrent Lyme disease is currently unclear."

**ILADS Guidelines for Treatment

Also you can watch a recent news report video about how antibiotics don't always kill Lyme.
News report in the Poughkeepsie Journal

So Kayla is now back on intense antibiotic treatment and this time it will be MUCH LONGER!  

So CDC, tell us again that Chronic Lyme doesn't exist! Prove to us that Kayla has post Lyme syndrome and it's all in her head! Did we draw that bulls-eye on her neck? 7 weeks wasn't enough to kill this bug yet the CDC says that the 7 weeks wasn't necessary for treatment, that 4 weeks would have killed it! Wrong wrong! How many more people will continue to believe the CDC guidelines and let more and more people be sick and left untreated?