Tuberculosis

most already know this, but one of our twins has been diagnised with the non-active tb. it started about 2-3 mo. ago when we discovered a lump on her jawline, she was put on medication for a infected lymph node. when we returned to the dr. office to get it rechecked, we discovered another lump a little farther downb the jawline. we were referred to a E.N.T. (ear, nose, throat specialist) because of the location of the lump. we were told that he thought it was cat scratch disease, but we do not own any cats so we had the test, which came back negative. we were then given the ppd test for tuberculosis. she came back positive. we went and had the chest x-ray and the liver test to determine if she was active or inactive and thankfully she came back inactive. as of right now, it looks like she will be on antibiotics for 6-9 mo. and that should take care of it. we had the other three kids tested and they were all negative. my hubby and i will be tested today to make sure we do not have it. she had to get it from someone who is active so we want to make sure that is not us.
for anyone who knows us and knows the girls, you know that back in february they had a ton of ear infections and were on many different medications. because of that they developed antibiotic colitis. that is really our only concern with the tb, that she will get a recurrrance of that because she will be on the antibiotic for so long. we will keep everyone updated.