All Clear

Ruth and Zachary were at the doctor last week getting check-ups for college. One of the things they needed to do was to get a T.B. test. Pretty simple little test, however, Zachary's skin reacted to the test. In Venezuela all babies are given a shot called "BCG". Once a person has had that shot it is hard to tell whether a person has T.B. or whether they are reacting because of the shot they had as a baby. (Even though Ruth got that same shot as a baby her skin did not react at all.) Since the results were questionable Zachary went in for a chest x-ray to make sure he was carrying T.B. in his body. (During our time in Venezuela we actually did treat people that had T.B. So it would not have been outside of the realm of possibility that Zachary had T.B.) He got his results today that every thing is "All Clear". We were VERY happy to for the good news, as the treatment to clear your system of T.B. is a six month treatment.