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[firecat]

StopHospitalInfections.org

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[kalmn.livejournal.com]

nosocomial infection nearly killed my dad. i'm trying to remember the three things he nearly died of that fall, and i can't remember one of them. but one of them was definitely mrsa (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, aka the kiss your ass goodbye bacteria).

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[firecat]

I was thinking of you and your dad when I went to that web site. I was also thinking of someone I know who died of hospital infections (but because she had cancer, the cause of death was listed as "complications of cancer").

I'm glad your dad made it.

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[kalmn.livejournal.com]

thanks.

i'm sorry to hear about your friend. *hug*

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[firecat]

*hugback*

I got a Staph infection along with another one

[(Anonymous)]

I recently had a operation and had complained about pain where the incision was and all they told me was that it was normal. Well about a week later my husband came into the room where I was and he said that something smelt in the room. I pointed to my operation and that was it...it was a smell of rotten meat. I was taken to emergency room and they saw a science project growing on my wound. They had to remove all the staples and let Mother Nature do her deal. We wrote a letter to the President of the hospital complaining because I was upset that no one should suffer from this. They came to the conclusion that the surgeon never checked my incision after the operation before I was released from the hospital. I was very sick from this and could have lost my life from it. With all the modern things that we have today this should not happen to anyone.