Staph Infections**update on p7**

Dally · Post by **Dally** » February 12, 2006 12:59 am

Staph infections are BAD news, they can easily turn into something worse. A lot of our dialysis patients had to get treated for staph infections.

Y'all will be in my thoughts and prayers.....hopefully it's not bad, and he has a quick recovery.

*Hugs* and *Smooches* to you both.

((((((((((((((((Mal and Matt)))))))))))))))))

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » February 12, 2006 8:29 am

12 years ago next month, we brought our first Keet home from the hospital. After showing the baby off at a couple of places, we went home and I started to prepare a very nice dinner for Norma, with wine and the whole deal.

My wife has never spent a day cold in her life. It could be 20 below and she will have shorts on. While I ws cooking, I noticed she was in the living room wrapped in blankets. During dinner she started shivering and I took her temp. It was about 102. She also said her leg ached. She started shivering so hard she could not hold a glass of wine without spilling and hold a fork without dropping it. I took her temp again and it was almost 105.

Since I had just changed jobs, the pregnancy coverage was "state assisted" and we had the baby in Iowa City, about 90 miles away. I called Dr Mattingly our primary physician and told her what was going on. By now she was over 105 and had a dime size red mark on her leg. Her leg felt like it was on fire. Dr Mattingly said "don't do anything stupid, but get her here right away". I didn't do anything stupid, but I made the 90 mile drive in about 55 minutes

We got to the ER and it is all kind of a blurr. There was a major accident and peeps were getting airlifted in. Norma was getting delirious and absolutely burning up. Finally I started screaming at some poor guy and we got admitted.

She spent the next two full weeks in fever induced coma and three more weeks in the hospital total. She nearly lost her leg at one point it was about three times its normal size. To this day she has ruined circulation in her legs from the damage caused by the infection. It relapsed once and we have been told that it could again, it really never leaves.

Mal....DO NOT MESS WITH INFECTION

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » February 12, 2006 10:41 am

oK - I have a suggestion. I think Z should call PHAW and get her all riled up and then PHAW should go have a talk with Matt to influence him to go to the doctor now!!!

It could work.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » February 12, 2006 11:21 am

ph4ever wrote:oK - I have a suggestion. I think Z should call PHAW and get her all riled up and then PHAW should go have a talk with Matt to influence him to go to the doctor now!!!

It could work.

except that PHAW is in Vegas....

I'll add my voice here: don't screw with this.... My mother almost lost her leg last year, and we had to admit her to the hospital in Christmas day. Her leg was as bright red as a boiled lobster.....

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » February 12, 2006 11:36 am

i know i'm saying the same thing as everyone else but please get him to a doctor ASAP!

maybe if enough people tell him to go, he will?

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » February 12, 2006 11:47 am

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
ph4ever wrote:oK - I have a suggestion. I think Z should call PHAW and get her all riled up and then PHAW should go have a talk with Matt to influence him to go to the doctor now!!!

It could work.
except that PHAW is in Vegas....

I'll add my voice here: don't screw with this.... My mother almost lost her leg last year, and we had to admit her to the hospital in Christmas day. Her leg was as bright red as a boiled lobster.....

oh just think about how pi$$ed she would be to have to fly back from Vegas to do this

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » February 12, 2006 11:49 am

ph4ever wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
ph4ever wrote:oK - I have a suggestion. I think Z should call PHAW and get her all riled up and then PHAW should go have a talk with Matt to influence him to go to the doctor now!!!

It could work.
except that PHAW is in Vegas....

I'll add my voice here: don't screw with this.... My mother almost lost her leg last year, and we had to admit her to the hospital in Christmas day. Her leg was as bright red as a boiled lobster.....
oh just think about how pi$$ed she would be to have to fly back from Vegas to do this

There wouldn't be a knee-cap safe in the greater Denver Metro region

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » February 12, 2006 3:20 pm

Well, if you want to wait until Monday, just keep a very close eye on it and him for the rest of the weekend. If he starts to run a fever or get really tired, get any of the streaking marks, or inflammation/stiffness anywhere, get him to a doctor. Staph infections are nothing to be messed with...they can quickly and easily become deadly and are notoriously difficult to treat. And be sure he follows the doctor's instructions this time -- especially re. finishing all prescribed antibiotics.

Why finish taking antibiotics when you start to feel better?
1) The infection may not yet be gone; a relapse is much more likely
2) The causative organism (bad bug) isn't completely eliminated, and it has a good chance of rebounding in an even stronger form where that antibiotic won't work well again...and this is the biggest cause of antibiotic resistance.

Good luck and take care.

jimolliemom · Post by **jimolliemom** » February 12, 2006 3:41 pm

MAL!!! Get him to the ER NOW! Not many people know this story but....(NO pun intended)

Just after we returned home after MOTM 2005, I had a sore on my "bum". Not in the very personal area, just where a swim suit bottom did NOT cover. It continued to get sore, and hard and red and yucky. AND IT HURT!!! BAD!!! Finally, I called my doctor. She admitted me and a surgeon had to cut a piece of my heiny out. It was a hole bigger than hubby's thumb! We tease about it being "Key West Butt Rot" but it was a staph infection. Doctor's think I picked it up sitting on things in KW that had been washed over by hurricane water (either beach chairs or the bikes we rented) . LOTS of germs on those items and in a bathing suit, not much is covered. Had I waited any longer, I could have died. I felt terrible and I couldn't sit, or lay down and to stand was uncomfortable too. And to top it all off, the day of surgery, a tornado hit and the entire hospital lost power and the generator can run lights and machines but isn't bright enough for cutting on people. So, have hunny see a physian as soon as you can. The infection can get into his blood stream and make him HORRIBLY SICK!

Phin power coming you way!

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » February 12, 2006 3:54 pm

Wasn't it Russ that "convinced" Z he had to see a Dr???

I'm pretty sure you don't want him coming back from LV to handle this.

tequilatom · Post by **tequilatom** » February 12, 2006 4:09 pm

buffettbride wrote:Anyone ever had one?

Hubby has his 2nd one in a month. The first was on his hand and now he has to icky thingies on his leg. He's goin' to the Dr. next week, just didn't know if any BNrs have experience in this area.

He's been soaking it in empsom (sp?) salt... any other suggestions?

yes after shoulder surgery.........they put me on peniclin..and told me to use dial soap.......they still pop up once in a while. i'll tell you some hurt at times....depending on where they pop up!!

pair8head · Post by **pair8head** » February 12, 2006 4:35 pm

I have a dent in my right shinbone as a result of a staph infiction. Happened when I was around 14 or 15. The s*** was eating my shinbone. Doctor wasn't too happy that we waited until Monday to go see him.

I believe you know what I'm getting at here.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 12, 2006 5:12 pm

Geez louise people!!

I do thank you for your concern. So far he's feelin' fine today and just about to go soak his leg again. They aren't getting any bigger, so we'll still prolly just keep an eye on it overnight and get him in first thing in the morning.

Even if I tried, I couldn't get him to go to the ER right now. He's just too stubborn.

mings · Post by **mings** » February 13, 2006 10:55 am

what's the word Mal

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 13, 2006 11:00 am

I'm looking up dermatologists right now to find someone who can see him today. If I can't get him in, I'm makin' him go to urgent care (different than the ER).

He feels fine in the mornings, but after a day of being on his leg, it gets real swollen and icky.

mings · Post by **mings** » February 13, 2006 11:01 am

buffettbride wrote:I'm looking up dermatologists right now to find someone who can see him today. If I can't get him in, I'm makin' him go to urgent care (different than the ER).

He feels fine in the mornings, but after a day of being on his leg, it gets real swollen and icky.

good - keep us posted.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » February 13, 2006 11:02 am

buffettbride wrote:I'm looking up dermatologists right now to find someone who can see him today. If I can't get him in, I'm makin' him go to urgent care (different than the ER).

He feels fine in the mornings, but after a day of being on his leg, it gets real swollen and icky.

I still know where you live

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » February 13, 2006 11:04 am

ph4ever wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I'm looking up dermatologists right now to find someone who can see him today. If I can't get him in, I'm makin' him go to urgent care (different than the ER).

He feels fine in the mornings, but after a day of being on his leg, it gets real swollen and icky.

I still know where you live

Thanks Connie. Believe me, I have shared all of your concern with him.

We carpooled to work today, so if I go, he has to go or it's a long bus ride home (and he's not so good at that sort of thing). He is at my mercy today.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » February 13, 2006 11:06 am

buffettbride wrote:
ph4ever wrote:
buffettbride wrote:I'm looking up dermatologists right now to find someone who can see him today. If I can't get him in, I'm makin' him go to urgent care (different than the ER).

He feels fine in the mornings, but after a day of being on his leg, it gets real swollen and icky.

I still know where you live
Thanks Connie. Believe me, I have shared all of your concern with him.

We carpooled to work today, so if I go, he has to go or it's a long bus ride home (and he's not so good at that sort of thing). He is at my mercy today.

oooh at your mercy!!!!! *meniacle somewhat evil chuckle*

I LIKE THAT!!!!!

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » February 13, 2006 11:13 am

Stick it in cider

BuffettNews.com

Staph Infectionsupdate on p7

Re: Staph Infections