My bout with Skin Eating Bacteria

self | 15 March 2003 | sneakypete

[Alamo-Girl]

Amen! Praise God!!!

[rwfromkansas]

funny....:)

BTW, it is true. He was there with you in the hospital; I just hope you realize it someday.

Blessings to you as you have decided to leave FR....and may you have a wonderful rest of your life.....no more of this crap like flesh-eating bacteria....:)

[r9etb]

Holy cats, pete. I'm really glad you're still alive. Praying for a speedy recovery!

[glock rocks]

continuing prayers for your full recovery.

i'm hopeful you'll check in here once in a while.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the heads up, Tex !

Sneakypete, thank you for sharing this info. After reading your post, I know that I will NEVER forget this thing and all the symptoms if I start seeing them.

I know you won't be able to reply, but wanted to say 'thanks' and I wish you the very best !

[isthisnickcool]

Cringe!

You can bet I'll never forget this post. Dang! Get well soon!

I would not wish such horror on anyone. Maybe not even my first wife. Rest her soul.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

God bless you for posting this. So sorry for all the suffering you endured but so glad you survived and were willing to come here and tell others in order to warn us.

Maybe you posted it but I was not sure what country you are in? (Hindi speaking people at hospitals?) Are you in India?

God bless you again and keep you safe.

[Lancey Howard]

Amen.
Thanks for the ping.
May God bless and look over Yellow Rose and Sneakypete.

[apackof2]

I think you have done a courageous thing
Thanks for caring
Thank the good Lord you are alive and intact!

[octobersky]

Thank you for the ping, Texokie.

Sneakypete, your post took a lot of courage. Thank you for telling your story. You may have educated someone enough to save their life or the life of their loved one. I am so thankful that you are on the mend and able to continue participating at FR. Take care.

[xJones]

Thank you for your warning, it's great to now you're getting better.

You can't post now, and that is ridiculous. You have a lot of friends here.

It's weird about flesh-eating bacteria. Around Texas, we have the Brown Recluse Spider - Loxosceles reclusam, little spiders that can bite you and the wound turns into a flesh-eating problem. I don't know what caused your problem, but it's great you turned to your SF friends and they told you to get to the hospital immediately. Good luck, and it's good you're still alive. :)

[AppyPappy]

Feel free to keep the pictures to yourself.

Glad to see you are recovering. Godspeed

[Tribune7]

Prayers for Pete

And a thank you.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Dear God Pete.. you are in our prayers. It was extremely brave of you to talk about this. If it saves even ONE life, it was important to do.

We may not agree on things, but you are still a veteran who has our appreciation. I'm horrified at what you went through. We will agree that the military medics are extremely astute and well trained. Many lives have been saved by them..and it looks like they can add another to their notch!!

Hope you find yourself recovering COMPLETELY!!! SOON!

God Bless, Vets

[FrogMom]

Jeez.

Lord love ya!

[DLfromthedesert]

I took care of a baby boy whose face was disfigured from this bacteria (I believe it is a form of strep). It is devastating.

God Bless you and prayers for a full recovery.

It's great to have you back, and I applaud you for being "man" enough :) to post this.

Donna

[Geezerette]

Thank you for posting this for FReepers, men and ladies. It is a miracle that you got the right info before it was too late ... an hour away, wow!

I have read about people getting this from a paper cut or a minor injury.

I didn't see your thread until just now, so I'll give it a bump!

g

[potlatch]

Dear Lord! We were saying prayers for you on TEXOKIE'S thread for Yellow Rose of Texas, and had no idea how serious it was!!

Last night, I read your 'opus', and today you did a brave thing by telling us about your ordeal. People care about other people, and perhaps you'll choose to stay here, among people who 'care'!!

[muggs]

What happened to cause Sneakypete to be banned?

[Mr_Magoo]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/866311/posts

in his own words.