Wow Bob sorry to hear about your dad : (
Lin
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Bob Spruck <mgmaven@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> At 10:51 AM 1/9/2011, an5.sprite@gmail.com wrote:
> >Hospitals are a major source of Staph infections. They all try to
> >clean everything but some are better than others. I heard of a case
> >where the bacteria was on a cell phone key pad. Guess what is never
> >sanitized, even better the nurses or lab techs will ogten put on
> >gloves and if they get a call just answer the phone. All the
> >bacteria is now on these supposedly clean gloves that hold the
> >needle they insert.
> >
> >The really scary case is MRSA which is an antibiotic resistant form
> >fo Staph. When someone has that they are quarantined.
> >
> >My father went into the hospital on his 92nd birthday Dec 11 with a
> >bleeding ulcer. They fixed that in a couple days but he developed
> >MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus) from the IV. His arms and
> >hands swelled, fever rose, caught mechanical pneumonia, eventually
> >his kidneys failed. He died on Christmas Day. This is nothing to
> >fool around with but there isn't much you can do about it. Be aware,
> >be careful, be lucky.
>
>
> Bob
>
>
> >Steve
> >Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Rick Bastedo <rbastedo@gmail.com>
> >Sender: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net
> >Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 18:29:31
> >To: Kirk Hargreaves<khargreaves2@gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: rbastedo@gmail.com
> >Cc:
> >Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Arm Staph Infection
> >
> >geez there were some seriously sick looking people in radiology that day
> >not to mention the guy doing the IV - eewwwww...
> >
> >All I was doing was trying to take care of myself, this is exactly why I
> >won't let anyone I don't KNOW touch my Midget or Sprite.
> >I'm more freaking careful with my cars than I am of my body.
> >
> >I just learned something about myself.
> >
> >Rick (just call me lefty)
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Kirk Hargreaves <khargreaves2@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Rick,
> > >
> > >
> > > These kind of things are so often found in hospital environments. and
> can
> > > become serious.
> > >
> > > You might want to get a full on blood test later on to determine if
> > > anything else got into your system. . I am thinking that it would not
> hurt
> > > just to know?
> > >
> > > If something serious comes out of this you might sue their pants off as
> > > this is unacceptable stuff. They need to learn how important it is in
> the
> > > future to ensure that everything is sterile before they do these
> > > procedures. I get pissed when I hear stuff like this.
> > >
> > > Is this Kaiser? Just wondering. . .
> > >
> > > Kirk
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