[Coldwater Creek]

My husband is just getting over a staph infection that he probably got in the hospital. It took two trips to the ER, two trips to a specialist, and a GP to finally get rid of it.

I thought that he was going to survive the cancer, and die from a staph infection.


We also, recently had a friend recovering from heart surgery, got a staph infection in the hospital and died right there.

[tioga]

My mom got a staph infection after her second open-heart surgery.....she was allergic to every single antibiotic available to fight it and was taken off each one as symptoms appeared. When there was nothing left to try they said "we wait and see". She survived that and went over a year without any more problems. She eventually died from CHF.

[tioga]

I guess my point is you can fight it. She was frail from her surgery, yet she overcame a staph infection on her heart.

[nmh]

Staph is very dangerous and people don't realize it - that is most people.

[Humal]

My brother had surgery in October; was doing well, doctors even talked about him going home early. Then, he started having breathing problems, and, finally, he contracted a staph infection. That was what he died of Dec. 29th.