My daughter was diagnosed with MRSA Staph infection at the beginning of the year. It first started like an ingrown hair right in her bikini line and was very red and painful. I took her to our family doctor at that time, where she was prescribed an antibiotic and was told to come back in a few days if it had not improved. Well, within two days, the redness had spread to the size of her outspread hand and back to the doctor we went.We were sent to the hospital and her doctor checked on her around 5:00 PM at which time it had spread ANOTHER 2 or three inches outward. A surgeon was consulted to see about draining it (thinking it was a simple pustule) and he said he would do it in the morning. I told him I didn't think that was a very good idea since it was then 11:00 PM and the redness had spread another 4 inches down her leg!!! He immediately called his surgical team in light of that information and they proceeded to remove a fist size hunk of mutilated flesh from inside her pelvic area and down the leg.
This happened in the course of 4 DAYS. They determined that the staph infection was resistant to antibiotics and placed her on a very strong one to kill the staph. They took good steps to prevent the spread of the germs. After about a month and a half after having this would packed and cleaned every single day...it was all healed up. The family doctor advised me that she would now carry this staph germ for the rest of her life and it could cause minor skin infections OR the big ones like she had in the beginning.
My younger daughter started presenting the same symptoms as this daughter had about two weeks after this point in time. I was frantic and took her to the family doctor where I was met with very little urgency and a routine antibiotic. NO CULTURE, NO HURRY, NO PROBLEM! Well, I tell you I had a BIG problem with that considering my older daughter could have lost her leg had this not been treated when it was.
I have read several articles about MRSA in the Derrick. I mostly am seeing that prevention is good, and once it happens it can be taken care of easily or whatever. I wonder what they are really NOT telling us. I am telling YOU that this can be a life altering infection. People are dying. I don't think they are taking it nearly serious enough at the family physician level IN SOME CASES. Just be aware, so some research, you decide whether they are giving us the whole story or not.
