All fall down ping.
Before anyone asks...
MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(Staph... resistant to antibiotics...)
It’s the patients’ fault of course.
Fox News Alert!!!!
Communicable diseases spread......
As always, I appreciate the post. Just found out yesterday via culture that I still have MRSA. I had two major back surgeries in 2009 due to epidural abscesses w/ Mrsa in my spine.
This is going to kill me and I have just about given up.
Seriously. Things are not going well for Jeff. I don’t know what to do except wait for another major episode and go to Shands and admit myself.
I went in for a “big deal” heart surgery. I suffered a stroke during surgery and contracted MRSA.
What was to be a 6 to 8 day stay in the hospital, turned out to be 2 solid months of hell in that hospital. Due to the MRSA, they had to cut into my chest 3 additional times because the crap was eating me alive.
Where I should have had a small zipper scar, I was left with a gash that looks like I was hit with an axe. Of course this ruined my chances of becoming a male swimsuit model for the over 60 guys, but I am learning to cope with that.
With 24/7 morphine and oxys for pain during those 2 months, I became an addict. The took a few months to clear up my head and body... but I made it.
I certainly can’t say what caused my MRSA, but I do remember that shortly after the initial surgery, an older nurse touched my chest wound with her bear hands. I told my wife and she got the lady removed from my care.
MRSA, without a doubt... sucks.
I’ve noticed that facilities in our area involved in a patient transfer are doing a MRSA screen both at the sending hospital and the receiving hospital.