Rampant Staph Outbreaks

[lauraelmore1033]

oh Veogirl, your loss is so heart breaking--and hits close to home. My son came down with a MRSA infection over the summer on a simple rugburn on his knee. He said his knee was near to sloughing off by the time he went to the doctor. They attacked it with a couple of powerful antibiotics and sent him home with cleansers and admontitions to wash, wash, wash everything thoroughly with soap (not anti-bacterial) at every opportunity. He pulled out of it within a couple of weeks. It is manageable at this point, but it was all so frightening. A friend of a friend lost a husband to MRSA a few years ago, so it is hard not to panic and to see it as happening everywhere...

[velogirl]

thanks, everyone, for your sentiments.

in my father's case, he had severe RA and the drugs he was on to treat the RA compromised his immune system which is why he died. my mother and I also contracted MRSA from my father and both colonized it. both of us also had outbreaks after surgery, but neither of us died from if (well, at least I don't think I died from it).

serious stuff, but obviously more dangerous to those with weakened immune systems.