When my son was 3 months old, he had radical skull surgery at a well known childrens hospital. When we got home a week later, we got a phone call informing us that he contracted MRSA. At the time, they told us it was "nothing to worry about" and that it was incredibly "common" to have this. However common they told us this was, they had to isolate him each time we came to subsequent check-ups to protect the other children who had compromised immune systems. This was troubling to us, but we could never get anymore information from them regarding how this happened. Then, several years later, the MRSA bug is headlining all the news, killing people. My sons surgery was 4 years ago last month and we still struggle to get information from the hospital on how he contracted it, and what that means to us. They are very vague, and somewhat ambivilent when we have questioned them. We still don't know if he actually had MRSA or if he is considered a "carrier" only. How do you protect your family and keep them healthy when you can't get help from the place your child contracted this infection?
