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El FrazooEl Frazoo Supporting Member
. . . and very glad not to have checked out.

About three weeks ago I came down w/ a fever and the shakes, plus a sore back. Got kinda scary. There is a long story here, but the short of it is I ended up in the ER and the then H for a week. Got two nasty bacteria in my blood, and things were very unpleasant for a few days. They pumped me w/ IV antibiotics (ABs) right away and did a bunch of blood tests, x-rays, MRI, ultrasound, and I'm not sure what all. They kept me a week until they IDed the bugs, then sent me home for another two weeks of twice daily IV ABs. I still have some soreness in the back, but have felt sorta OK wrt fever, etc. after the first few days in the H. Been off work three weeks, and off the air, more or less, over that time too. Things are looking up, however. I hope to return to work next week.

Lesson: If you cut your finger, wash it out w/ warm soapy water and put on a band-aid. Nobody knows exactly what happened here in my case (I did have a cut on my finger that I did NOT clean out right away), or why, but happen it did. My advice: do not try this at home.

Kelly

PS: I suppose w/out the modern care in the H and the HD antibiotics, the germs would have won, and I'd be . . . absent.

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El FrazooEl Frazoo Supporting Member
. . . and very glad not to have checked out.

About three weeks ago I came down w/ a fever and the shakes, plus a sore back. Got kinda scary. There is a long story here, but the short of it is I ended up in the ER and the then H for a week. Got two nasty bacteria in my blood, and things were very unpleasant for a few days. They pumped me w/ IV antibiotics (ABs) right away and did a bunch of blood tests, x-rays, MRI, ultrasound, and I'm not sure what all. They kept me a week until they IDed the bugs, then sent me home for another two weeks of twice daily IV ABs. I still have some soreness in the back, but have felt sorta OK wrt fever, etc. after the first few days in the H. Been off work three weeks, and off the air, more or less, over that time too. Things are looking up, however. I hope to return to work next week.

Lesson: If you cut your finger, wash it out w/ warm soapy water and put on a band-aid. Nobody knows exactly what happened here in my case (I did have a cut on my finger that I did NOT clean out right away), or why, but happen it did. My advice: do not try this at home.

Kelly

PS: I suppose w/out the modern care in the H and the HD antibiotics, the germs would have won, and I'd be . . . absent.
FM Former Member
Glad your OK.

Same kind of thing happened to my brother-in-law. Small cut turned into a staph infection and nearly killed him. Hospital, IV antibiotics for a couple of weeks.

I don't know how many kicked nuckles I have had and I just rubbed a little grease into them.......scary thought.
bugpneumoniabugpneumonia
You should not have faced such a disease unless your immunity was compromised. Even through a nasty cut your body should have taken under control any staph. aureus or streptococus epidermidis germs. Do you have any kind of chronic disease? Infectious diseases is not my speciality, as I am a Cardiovascular Surgeon but I think you need a full check-up. Anyways glad you made it and may it pass quickly.
WildBillWildBill
Weird! Glad to hear you're bouncing back.
Had a cousin out in Vegas contract some bug from walking barefoot. Germ got in thru a cut or crack on the bottom of her foot and blew her leg up like a balloon. Think I'll keep the flip-flops handy.
As for me, whenever I get a cut, it's doused with peroxide and treated with a band-aid with triple anti-biotic ointment.

~WB
El FrazooEl Frazoo Supporting Member
Thanks fellas for the kind thoughts and best wishes. For the record, there were two bugs in there, a staff- sort of thing, and another one, that the infectious disease guy says he sees only rarely, one or two cases a year, maybe. Villinella, or some such, which is normally found in the mouth, and other places on your body --- like most germs. The deal is the skin keeps them away from the blood -- that is the theory. Once IDed specifically via blood culture, the IV ABs were re-selected for maximum effect, and so it is. I think I am cured. Will endeavor to be more diligent wrt washing all breaks in the skin. Certainly I'll wipe all knicks off w/ a fresh shop rag, and then use a new tube of grease to stop the bleeding . . .
Gordon NicholsGordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member
Holy Bacterium, Batman!

So I guess that spitting on a fresh cut to clean it, wrapping it in a semi-greasy rag and then just continuing on with the car build should be given a little more thought, huh?

Or maybe having a cut on your finger/hand and then going to visit Walmart might be a no-no?

Looks like we'll all be a little more diligent about cleaning and treating cuts from now on.

Stay well, Commander Kelly! The Holidays are upon us!

gn
HossHoss
Wow Kelly, my late mother, the nurse, must have been right about treatment for those "minor wounds" and "skin breaches". It sounds like you have received good care and some good advice from the gang here at SOC. Be well man. As Gordon reminds us, the holidays are upon us; and spring is just around the corner....NOT!
Hoss
El FrazooEl Frazoo Supporting Member
BOTULISM!! Hey, thanks but no thanks. Keep that one away from me too, OK?

Doc said IV infusions were done and to take seven more days of oral antibiotic (some penacillen -?-) type thing. My once very sore lower back is getting better each day, almost normal, and I am back at work since Monday trying to remember which door is my office. I do believe I am on the mend, ready (not really) for the Holiday Season.

Txs again to all for the support/advice. Stay well, rock on, and as a famous man (or was it a pineapple?) once said: "Peace out!"

Kelly

PS: Roger/copy transmission about Carlisle. I see the notice is up, and rooms are available. Will sign up soon.
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