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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 385123" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Strep is nothing to play with. A couple of years ago when I had cellulitis in my leg one of the types of bacteria was a strep - the flesheating kind. I also had a dangerous type of staph infection. At the same time Jessie has a sore throat - my mom took her to the doctor right after they took me to the hospital. I was dangerously sick and she couldn't visit me for over a week. No one could even touch me until I had been on IV antibiotics to the tune of 8 doses a day - 4 rounds of each of 2 antibiotics. It took the lab five days to figure out which strains I had. We were blessed that the two medications he chose turned out to be the right ones for the types of bacteria I had. I did NOT have MRSA, which was a surprise to the docs - they started out treating me as though I did.</p><p> </p><p>I still remember giving the doctor a sharpie to use when he wanted to draw around the edges of the infected area so they could see if it was getting better or worse. He wanted to use a regular pen, but it didn't work and it hurt. Good thing I always have a sharpie, because that worked well and didn't wash off. </p><p> </p><p>Don't play games with infections!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 385123, member: 1233"] Strep is nothing to play with. A couple of years ago when I had cellulitis in my leg one of the types of bacteria was a strep - the flesheating kind. I also had a dangerous type of staph infection. At the same time Jessie has a sore throat - my mom took her to the doctor right after they took me to the hospital. I was dangerously sick and she couldn't visit me for over a week. No one could even touch me until I had been on IV antibiotics to the tune of 8 doses a day - 4 rounds of each of 2 antibiotics. It took the lab five days to figure out which strains I had. We were blessed that the two medications he chose turned out to be the right ones for the types of bacteria I had. I did NOT have MRSA, which was a surprise to the docs - they started out treating me as though I did. I still remember giving the doctor a sharpie to use when he wanted to draw around the edges of the infected area so they could see if it was getting better or worse. He wanted to use a regular pen, but it didn't work and it hurt. Good thing I always have a sharpie, because that worked well and didn't wash off. Don't play games with infections!! [/QUOTE]
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