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. 2/x