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Our doctor wants to

a) increase the sulfasalazine
b) start Imuran
c) hit the steroids

And of course we're torn. We want to do whatever it takes for Isaac to be at his optimum health in his condition, but we also want to do the least drastic thing. Bonnie is more at peace with the meds. I am less.

Two more stools today with blood present. We need to do something. Something I wanted to check is why not try another 5-ASA drug other than sulfasalazine. We also still have the SCD to try out instead of our vegan efforts. We also have a battery of other things to try, but we don't want to waste too much time trying things that won't work. And that's exactly the doctor's perspective I think.

Here is a graphic so you can see our stool report since we started taking careful records in February. Sorry it's so non viewer friendly. The lightest are caution #6 stools. The bright red are #7 stools, and the dark red cells indicate blood.

2/24	5.5
	n/a
	3,6.5
	3,4
	n/a
	3,4
	n/a
	3
	n/a
	n/a
	3,4
	4
3/8	4,7
	7
	5
	5,6,7
	4,5
	n/a
	n/a
	3,4
	3
	4,5,6
	5
	n/a
	3,4 5,6
	5
3/22	6,7
	3,4 5,6
	3,6
	4
	4,6 4,5
	n/a
	3,5
	3,5
	n/a
	3,5
4/1	6b 6b 6b
	4,6b
	6,7 5
	5,6 5,6b
	7b
	6b
	6b
	3,6
	6,7 6,7
	4,6(b)
	7b 6b