My Mother in Law had a stroke in April.
After she recovered, she was responsible
for her own self care, such as bathing
etc. About 11 days ago she noticed a red
spot above her hairline area on her groin.
She tried to treat it with antibiotic
cream thinking it was just chafed or a
"risen?" After 5 days of this, she finally
told us about it. At that time the redness
had spread almost the width of her body. I
took her to the doctor and they said it
was possibly cellulitis and recommended
she go to the hospital for IV antibiotics.
After two days of antibiotics, they went
in and cut open the affected area to let
it drain. At this point, they put her in
ICU because she was dehydrated, running
fever and "a little septic". The surgeon
also said he thought she was suffering
from a spider bite. After one day in ICU,
the surgeon came by in the morning and
told us she would probably be in ICU at
least one more day. When we went to visit
that afternoon, they told us the
"hospitalist" had given orders to move her
to the floor. This was yesterday. This
morning when my husband went to visit, the
nurse informed him we needed to take
special precautions because she had been
diagnosed as having MRSA. She also ran
fever this morning. When the "hospitalist"
came in, he asked how she was feeling, she
said her incision site hurt (she nearly
cries when we get her up to go to the
bathroom) but she felt OK. He never
touched her or looked at the incision
site. He said they had identified the
"bug" as MRSA and said he thought she
could go home today
What She
can't get out of the bed by herself, she
has staph, is still running fever, and you
want to send her home? Does anybody know
what the "normal" protocol for treating
this is. They were giving her an IV of
clindamycin and sodium chloride/ O should
also add that besides being 75 years old
she has a compromised immune system
because of previous leukemia (now in
remission)
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delynn
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Re: Mrsa Posted: 07-08-07 11:46am
hinton38606
wrote:
My Mother in Law had a
stroke in April. After she recovered, she
was responsible for her own self care,
such as bathing etc. About 11 days ago
she noticed a red spot above her hairline
area on her groin. She tried to treat it
with antibiotic cream thinking it was just
chafed or a "risen?" After 5 days of this,
she finally told us about it. At that time
the redness had spread almost the width of
her body. I took her to the doctor and
they said it was possibly cellulitis and
recommended she go to the hospital for IV
antibiotics. After two days of
antibiotics, they went in and cut open the
affected area to let it drain. At this
point, they put her in ICU because she was
dehydrated, running fever and "a little
septic". The surgeon also said he thought
she was suffering from a spider bite.
After one day in ICU, the surgeon came by
in the morning and told us she would
probably be in ICU at least one more day.
When we went to visit that afternoon, they
told us the "hospitalist" had given orders
to move her to the floor. This was
yesterday. This morning when my husband
went to visit, the nurse informed him we
needed to take special precautions because
she had been diagnosed as having MRSA. She
also ran fever this morning. When the
"hospitalist" came in, he asked how she
was feeling, she said her incision site
hurt (she nearly cries when we get her up
to go to the bathroom) but she felt OK.
He never touched her or looked at the
incision site. He said they had identified
the "bug" as MRSA and said he thought she
could go home today
What She
can't get out of the bed by herself, she
has staph, is still running fever, and you
want to send her home? Does anybody know
what the "normal" protocol for treating
this is. They were giving her an IV of
clindamycin and sodium chloride/ O should
also add that besides being 75 years old
she has a compromised immune system
because of previous leukemia (now in
remission)
did they send her home
with antibiotic pills? Poor lady needs a
hug.
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She
can't get out of the bed by herself, she
has staph, is still running fever, and you
want to send her home? Does anybody know
what the "normal" protocol for treating
this is. They were giving her an IV of
clindamycin and sodium chloride/ O should
also add that besides being 75 years old
she has a compromised immune system
because of previous leukemia (now in
remission)
