Gout

Jim stayed home from work Thursday & Friday. He feels better today. He went to the doctor on Thursday. Confirmed it is gout. He can't take the prescribed medication because of his transplant. He's taking a low dose steroid & arthritis tylenol. He also can't take ibuprofin for any length of time. We also bought some cherry juice which the doctor says may help. He has stayed off it as much as possible & kept elevated. We haven't figured out what triggered it but hindsight as they say is 20/20. He's had minor pains that have been leading up to this major episode. He'll baby himself this weekend again just as he did last weekend and hopefully it will have run it's course by Monday.

On a brighter note the temperature has been above freezing for the last 2 days & is suppose to be in the 40's this weekend!