In MRSA@yahoogroups.com, "nmcarealot" <nmcarealot@y...> wrote:
> Well my nightmare is back. I have been fighting another boil in my
upper leg since March 12, two times too the hospital. The last time
I had an alery reaction to vancomycin within a minute of putting it
in my veins. I guess no more vancomycin for me. That is the scarey
part. My blood pressure went down to 50 and almost had cardiac
arrest. beat red all over and even my eyes turned red. veins bulged.
scarey. They tested to see if I damaged my heart muscles but I was
ok, thank heaven. well hoping to see some posts. this is nasty stuff
and I hate it already.



>
> This is a long story.I have a story to tell and not sure if it
> should have even happend. One Thursday I woke up and noticed a
hair
> follicle in my pubic hair was slightly invected. stupid me i
> scratched it thinking it was a pimple. well the next day it was
like
> a small boil. I looked online and treated it with hot packs but
two
> days later i noticed a slight fever, the fever was gone sunday
> morning so I thought I was going to get better. We went on the
boat
> on sunday and I got very tired and by evening noticed my fever was
> back. The bolil was only about the size of a swallon pea i guess
> but the area around tender. Well I went to sleep knowing i should
> probably go to er but I know how long that takes and I have a
> daycare in my mom and didn't want to not be home when parents
needed
> me. I thought it would get better. I read it takes a week. well in
> the night I woke up and passed out. then I new it was time for
> hospital er. I felt sick and awful. had to wait for hours. they
> finally let me lay in a room to wait my turn. the doctoc that
> finally saw me monday morning told me to be admitted to the
hospital
> and have it lanced and drained.
> Well the dr they assigned me in the hospital did not know what she
> was doing. they hooked me up to iv with antibiotics and that was
> taht. it started to grow and grow as i lay in the room. she would
> check it and say lets wait and see what happens and we may need to
> lance it. well it spread and my whole private area was taller than
> my stomach(and thats big). she said it was a good sign to see it
> spread, she said it was breaking up. the nurse drew around the red
> lines that was now including my hip area and up to belly button.
> finally by wed, she said I am sending in a surgen so he can lance
it
> and you can go home tomorow and work by monday(she knew i was
> anxious to get back to working). Well the surgen came in and said
it
> was life or death and it did emergency surgery to open me up.
magor
> surgery. it was about 7 inches across and 5 to 6 inches deep with
> infection by then. they left the wound open and packed it for
days.
> then when he felt he could he did magor surgery again to sew me up
> and clean it out again. they cut me from almost my hip , down
along
> my pany time to my private spot, lets say 12. i was a mess. he
said
> he found I had Mrsa. I had to get a line in for my meds that went
to
> my heart. I stayed in hospital for a few weeks and then outpatient
> for 2 more weeks. I missed 5 weeks of work over that little
infected
> hair follicale. My female dr. told me that should have never
happend
> and it should have been lanced when i was first admitted. i have
an
> awful scare that still bothers me. it has been 18 months since
that
> nightmare happended. I dont know if I got mrsa there at the
hospital
> or already had it. if i hate it i never knew. i have had
operations
> before and never got infected. sorry this is long but still trying
> to recover from the nightmare