[Diana in Wisconsin]

Amoeba found in soil kills gardener, turns his brain into mushy liquid

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3887098/posts?page=1

Yikes!

[Red Badger]

[Eric in the Ozarks]

So...THAT’S what happened to me.

[Qiviut]

Double yikes!

Due to a cousin of mine having a bad MRSA situation that threatened a leg (he ended up ok), whenever I get scratched, cut, etc. while working outside, I drop what I’m doing, go in & clean up the “wound”. You can have staph on your skin & not be sick from it & evidently he did - he scraped his leg hiking on some rocks & that break in the skin got it going in the actual flesh of his leg. It was to the bone, but not in it or the leg would have had to come off. Very scary.

[TianaHighrider]

😳

[ArtDodger]

I think the gardener had other problems that allowed him to be attacked by said amoeba.
The soil has Anthrax in it but it is dormant.... for now..

[greeneyes]

Amoeba found in soil kills gardener, turns his brain into mushy liquid
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3887098/posts?page=1
Yikes!
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Well, at age 73, I’ve lived longer than many of my classmates. I would prefer to last a while longer and die silently in my sleep. But what will be will be—ain’t gonna quit gardening.