Posted on 05/11/2018 7:15:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
As they normally do, they stayed at the Days Inn on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard.
Richard says Carol even spent some time relaxing in the hotel hot tub.
But when they got home to Indianapolis, Richard says she found an unusual sore.
"She had like a pimple come up on her right butt cheek. She said it was kind of painful," he said.
After two doctor visits and various antibiotics, he says the sore continued to grow.
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Carol was rushed into surgery and spent 16 days in the ICU.
Then just days after being released, the virus was too much for Carol's body. She died at home.
Richard isn't 100 percent sure where she got it. However, he suspects it was from the hotel hot tub.
"... but she was the only one who got in the hot tub,"
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The virus was too much for her?
Flesh eating bacteria is not a virus. So much for editing.
A public hot tub is nothing more than a warm bacteria bath.
And a public pool is a cool bacteria bath.
And a water park is...
I’m old school. I get my flesh-eating bacteria the old way . . . in the ocean and my shark bites. . . and jellyfish stings
As a little kid I never head of flesh eating bacteria. When did this all come about? Is it some lab experiment gone wrong that unleashed it?
Vibrio is all over the Gulf and also in brackish water.
Scary stuff!
A friend of mine contracted a vibrio infection due to fishing in the surf off the Florida panhandle. He was hospitalized for a month and suffered long term damage that contributed to his disability and early death within a decade.
MRSA, or Methicillin Resistant Staphycoccus Aureus, is responsible for a variety of infections that patients often acquire in the hospital. The sudden emergence of MRSA and other drug resistant bacteria may be due in part to over prescribing and overuse of antibiotics.
“A public hot tub is nothing more than a warm bacteria bath.
And a public pool is a cool bacteria bath.”
“MRSA, or Methicillin Resistant Staphycoccus Aureus, is responsible for a variety of infections that patients often acquire in the hospital. The sudden emergence of MRSA and other drug resistant bacteria may be due in part to over prescribing and overuse of antibiotics.”
“Bacteria die instantaneously upon contact with pool water.”
Nope.
Was this a public (outdoor/open to all guests) hot tub? Or, an in room/bathtub hot tub?
Freaky, nonetheless.
So remember that vacationers.
On a cruise ship, I look at the hot tub and those who congregate near it and cringe. Many, many “alternate lifestyle” passengers on cruises. Nothing could make me step a foot in that tub. Nothing.
Many employees of today are quick to complain if somebody is using unscented Clorox Bleach or Pine Sol too close to their work station.
Some are troubled if the landscaper is seen using RoundUp for weed control. They think the spray residue will be blown inside the building from windy conditions. Some just worry too much.
Certain hospitals may have changed their standard cleaning formulas to accommodate such complainers before OSHA gets their dander up and starts sniffing around for other violations.
Got mine at the VA hospital in San Diego, cost me my toes, caught a different one that cost me my leg. The Va says I am Not disabled
Heat drastically reduces the effectiveness of bleach. IE: You don’t wash whites with bleach in hot water.
How can they say that you are not disabled?
Is it because if they admit complicity or fault, then you would likely be due full disability? I’m guessing it’s all about money or a medical teams’ pride and reputation.
Hopefully, you have received legal counsel to find out what your choices are, if indeed there are any choices.
Good luck to you.
The hotel I stayed at when I had to evacuate because of hurricane Irma.
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