Quote From: mysontroyMy son is 17 years old and he has been fighting MRSA sence October 2007 he got it from playing football he was hospitalized for four days. Then 2 1/2 mon. later he had it again and was hospitalized for three days. then 2 mon. later he has it again he just got out of the hospital for the third time on March 25,2008
My son was a very healthy boy a football player and very active, now all he does is lays around the house he goes out sometimes with some friends to the bowling alley. He has lost weight and is depressed most of the time.He has fell so far behind in school I hope he can catch up.The Doctor just put him off for 4 to 6 more weeks so he will get a home teacher. Please if anyone can help by giving info. because we live in a small town and the Hospitals around here does not seen to know how to treet MRSA.
For the Love of My Son, may God Bless You All
Lori
hey lori, I'm 21 years old and had a bad case of MRSA last year and faught with it for about a year. I am completely free of it but I am still very careful. The thing that I feel really helped me was the doctors at the hospital. Im from Canada and Im guessing ur probably from the states. But I had to go to the hospital a lot for checkups and swabs. Once they knew what it was they did blood tests all the time to monitor it. Also I had a large chunk of flesh removed and it was packed and cleaned every day. One thing I am very careful with is cleaning any type of cut that i get no matter how small. I know it sounds obvious but that is crutial. Also the only drug that cured me was this drug that you can only get by IV. Im not sure what it's called, but the hospital should know this. Also, you and your family are probaly cariers of the bug so you should be careful when having contact with your son. Anyways, you probably already know all this stuff, but I wish you and your son the best of luck. I really hope that it all ends for him soon. You just have to keep persistant and make the doctors work for you and help you! This is not something to let go!
Cheers.
