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Jim Kelly diagnosed with MRSA

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That is horrible to hear.

Any extended time in a hospital these days is asking for MRSA. It's just a deadly with a much shorter timeline than cancer. We brought it on ourselves.

Kelly Tough!
 
I was on the field with him today and he did not look good. Looked really really tired.
 
My wife just got over MRSA after she had chemo for breast cancer. Very treatable Jim will be good. God bless him and his family
 
SA Cane said:
My wife just got over MRSA after she had chemo for breast cancer. Very treatable Jim will be good. God bless him and his family
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There is effective tx for MRSA and I'm sure he is getting it. Controlling the cancer is the biggest worry
 
SA Cane said:
My wife just got over MRSA after she had chemo for breast cancer. Very treatable Jim will be good. God bless him and his family
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One of my best friends got a "sliver" weeding his garden.

Now his right hand looks like Golem. (he can't even play catch with his kids)

Jus sayin. MRSA is no joke.
 
Hospital infections are a very very big concern. One reason why they try to push you out as fast as possible. An infectious disease specialist told me that over 30% of hospital inpatients are being seen by ID specialists during their stay.

When I was in a hospital with a leg injury five years ago I remember they gave me intravenous vancomycin. I don't know if I had MRSA, though.

I just did some reading, and this can affect virtually every body system, from the skin to the internal organs. There are different strains and I guess they are all resistant to penicillin-like antibiotics. Some strains even seem to be showing some resistance to vancomycin, one of the only effective treatments.

There's a good chance he'll get over it with good treatment. Pray for him.
 
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MRSA can be very serious. My mother died due to MRSA in late 2008. She was hospitalized for a severely broken ankle, requiring an external fixator. Instead of being sent home, the doctors recommended treatment in a rehab center for a few weeks. That single decision haunts my family to this day. Mom caught MRSA in the rehab center. It knocked out her kidneys. She was rushed back to the hospital. Her weight ballooned while the doctors tried to keep her off dialysis. Didn't happen. Mom didn't handle dialysis well. Nine days before she died, a female doctor warned us that she didn't have long to live. "Her system has suffered too many attacks." Indeed. Mom seemed to age 20+ years in those few months battling MRSA and going on dialysis. It's still difficult to accept that she died due to little more than a broken ankle and a poor decision by specialists. All of mom's major organs tested fine when she was hospitalized for the broken ankle.

I seldom post in the MRSA related threads on various sites since I get quite emotional, but it irritates me when the potential severity of the condition is not understood.
 
Awsi Dooger said:
MRSA can be very serious. My mother died due to MRSA in late 2008. She was hospitalized for a severely broken ankle, requiring an external fixator. Instead of being sent home, the doctors recommended treatment in a rehab center for a few weeks. That single decision haunts my family to this day. Mom caught MRSA in the rehab center. It knocked out her kidneys. She was rushed back to the hospital. Her weight ballooned while the doctors tried to keep her off dialysis. Didn't happen. Mom didn't handle dialysis well. Nine days before she died, a female doctor warned us that she didn't have long to live. "Her system has suffered too many attacks." Indeed. Mom seemed to age 20+ years in those few months battling MRSA and going on dialysis. It's still difficult to accept that she died due to little more than a broken ankle and a poor decision by specialists. All of mom's major organs tested fine when she was hospitalized for the broken ankle.

I seldom post in the MRSA related threads on various sites since I get quite emotional, but it irritates me when the potential severity of the condition is not understood.
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It is much less forgiving than cancer could ever imagine to be.
 
Cane Dynasty said:
Awsi Dooger said:
MRSA can be very serious. My mother died due to MRSA in late 2008. She was hospitalized for a severely broken ankle, requiring an external fixator. Instead of being sent home, the doctors recommended treatment in a rehab center for a few weeks. That single decision haunts my family to this day. Mom caught MRSA in the rehab center. It knocked out her kidneys. She was rushed back to the hospital. Her weight ballooned while the doctors tried to keep her off dialysis. Didn't happen. Mom didn't handle dialysis well. Nine days before she died, a female doctor warned us that she didn't have long to live. "Her system has suffered too many attacks." Indeed. Mom seemed to age 20+ years in those few months battling MRSA and going on dialysis. It's still difficult to accept that she died due to little more than a broken ankle and a poor decision by specialists. All of mom's major organs tested fine when she was hospitalized for the broken ankle.

I seldom post in the MRSA related threads on various sites since I get quite emotional, but it irritates me when the potential severity of the condition is not understood.
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It is much less forgiving than cancer could ever imagine to be.
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MRSA is methicillin -resistant staph aureus. Vancomycin is effective in treating it, as does Bactrim in most cases.
I don't know where his infection is or how severe it is, nor does anyone on this board, but I can assure you it is curable in most cases.

Anecdotal comments about others with this are a disservice, and statements like the one above are absurd.
Mods, this thread should be locked.
 
Dear God, please give Jim Kelly and his family a break. It's not too much too ask. How much does one family have to suffer? Prayers for Kelly and his family as always.
 
Jmhcane said:
Cane Dynasty said:
Awsi Dooger said:
MRSA can be very serious. My mother died due to MRSA in late 2008. She was hospitalized for a severely broken ankle, requiring an external fixator. Instead of being sent home, the doctors recommended treatment in a rehab center for a few weeks. That single decision haunts my family to this day. Mom caught MRSA in the rehab center. It knocked out her kidneys. She was rushed back to the hospital. Her weight ballooned while the doctors tried to keep her off dialysis. Didn't happen. Mom didn't handle dialysis well. Nine days before she died, a female doctor warned us that she didn't have long to live. "Her system has suffered too many attacks." Indeed. Mom seemed to age 20+ years in those few months battling MRSA and going on dialysis. It's still difficult to accept that she died due to little more than a broken ankle and a poor decision by specialists. All of mom's major organs tested fine when she was hospitalized for the broken ankle.

I seldom post in the MRSA related threads on various sites since I get quite emotional, but it irritates me when the potential severity of the condition is not understood.
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It is much less forgiving than cancer could ever imagine to be.
Click to expand...

MRSA is methicillin -resistant staph aureus. Vancomycin is effective in treating it, as does Bactrim in most cases.
I don't know where his infection is or how severe it is, nor does anyone on this board, but I can assure you it is curable in most cases.

Anecdotal comments about others with this are a disservice, and statements like the one above are absurd.
Mods, this thread should be locked.
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One of my best friends was weeding his garden on Tuesday and had half a hand on Sunday. Would have lost a lower arm on Monday.

It might be curable. But it's unforgiving.
 
My wife got a staph infection that went into her blood stream. 2 strokes and 2 open heart surgeries with double valve replacement, life will never be the same. BTW we're 30 years old. **** is no joke.
 
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RDCane said:
My wife got a staph infection that went into her blood stream. 2 strokes and 2 open heart surgeries with double valve replacement, life will never be the same. BTW we're 30 years old. **** is no joke.
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I had MRSA took some antibiotics and it was gone within a month.
 
We all have MRSA. It's in our nasal passages. A healthy immune system keeps it at bay.

Kelly's immune system was absolutely destroyed by the cancer treatments - thus he's very susceptible to infections - especially one such as MRSA.
 
I guess it all just depends on how their body reacts to it. I had three family members last year that got MRSA and they all were fine after a few weeks. One of them was only a 2-year old.
 
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