MRSA

For those of you who have seen my ugly pictures, and heard bits and pieces of my recent story to my local ER........I got a bit more info today. I was told by my doc to go back to ER, as my "issue" had spread down my back, and there is now a lump at the base of my neck.

The Nurse Practitioner called in a Doctor before he did another incision. The doctor diagnosed me with MRSA. They have upped my meds to TWO anitbiotics, and I have been instructed to have my gauze packing changed every day by my regular doctor. If things have not become "markedly" better by Monday/Tuesday, then they will be admitting me to the hospital....which means most likely, our trip to the Baltic will be cancelled.

For thse of you who are not aware of what MRSA is, here are a few links:

MRSA (1)

MRSA (2)

MRSA (3)

My God....

I am incredibly uncomfortable.

I think I will down another Vicodin and fall asleep listen to this on my iPod....













Goodnight, all of my readers.

Love you all!

:)

If you're looking for that "Perfect Date"....

Here's Bobby....










Sorry. I just couldn't resist.....

So, here's the story.....

So, here's the story that I promised the other day.

I have had a cyst there for MANY years. My dermatologist always said that if it became red or started to hurt, that they would need to remove it....and she warned that it would leave a NASTY scar...and that I would be awake during the process.

ICK. NOT my cup of tea.

So...it hadn't bothered me...I wasn't going to worry about removing it, even though it had become visible to the naked eye.


Anyways....for about a month, it has been etting larger and larger in size. Somewhere around Monday, it started to become tender. By Thursday, it was HURTING and had started turning red. Well, with our impending travels coming up, I felt that it was very important that it get addressed before we left, so that I wouldn't be in pain, or have an issue, while we are in Europe.

Friday night, I was sitting at my couch doing paperwork, and I kept getting little wafts of "dog poop" smell. I asked if anyone else smelled it....nope. Well, I got up to use the bathroom, and then checked my back. There was something sticky on it. I peeled it off, and (for lack of a kinder, gentler term) it looked like a booger. I IMMEDIATELY smelled that icky smell, so I put my finger to my nose. YUP! The smell was coming from the oozing from my back. green puss started coming out as I applied pressure. I walked out and told Dean what was going on. he came in (being the pimple-pinching affeciando that he is), and started messing with it until the pain was too much and I felt I was goin to faint. I decided to contact a nurse friend of mine in TX. She said I needed to take my temp, call my doc and be prepared to go into ER. She called it exactly right.

Dean took me down to ER, they checked me in, and I saw that the waiting room was about 2/3 - 3/4 full. After they put my wristband on me, a nurse took us DIRECTLY to a bed. Do not pass "GO", do not wait in the waiting room. Oddest thing I have ever been through.

A nurse practitioner came in, fully gowned with face mask, hair covering....the works. Took one look at it, and told me what they were going to do. Right there on the table in ER, she gave me a shot to numb my back. Dean said they put so much in that my skin bubbled up. She them IMMEDIATELY took a scalpel and opened up my shoulder blade. Dean said the incision was only about 1/2" long. Put a pair of tongs on the wound to spread it open, then began pushing the affected area with all of her force. I really couldn't feel anything, but was in tears, and knew that she was pushing REALLY hard. She then packed me full of gauze, put gauze on top, and had another nurse give me a Tetnus shot. The would was left open with the packing sticking out (hence, all the blood in the picture). Dean said that what came OUT of the incision looked like brown honeycomb, and did not have any pressure behind it. No squirting. The nurse said that it did NOT look ANYTHING like staph, but they sent a sample off to the lab.

I have an appointment at 10:30 today. Doc will be taking out my packing, and reviewing the lab results. My understanding it that if there is infection, then it will be repacked, and left open. If not, then he has the option of stiching it up while I am there. So....I will let you know what happens at the docs...and what the lab report reads.

So...no "vampie bites". Just a gruesome "quickie" surgery at the hospital on a late Saturday night. :(

I DO have a blog coming....

It will be about THIS:

Brick......HOWSE.....

That's me.


BEFORE alcohol.

















That's me AFTER a few drinks...


.....and after dancing to BRICK HOUSE!!




Paulette, RaeAnn (in the pic with me) and I went up to Lake Tahoe for a few days. Had a BLAST!! RaeAnn was asked to golf in a Teamsters tourney. She kicked ASS!! She was better than ALL of the guys on the course!! Even won money BECAUSE she was the greatest!! She ended up 11 under for the course. Carried her whole team. And she said it was a "bad day". I had so much fun!



Back in the OK Corral.....


Slowed down on my Biaxin, because I was having SEVERE reaction to it. After taking one dose (instead of two) for two days, I end up with strep again. So...I am taking 2 a day now....as prescribed....and being sick. I have an appt. with my doc tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully, he can make everything better!



Well...I am off to church....much to my chagrin. Don't feel good AT ALL. Last thing I wanna mess with is 5 3-year olds. I'm too tired and weak.


Maybe I will blog more later...