His Battle with a Community Acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) Infection and Septicemia
Marshall is still sleeping away. This is the very best thing for him.
Eric and his wife came to visitation at 10 this morning.
A relative that came to visit handed me a card with the tip ends of her fingers, as if my cooties might jump on her. Is this what our life is going to be like now? I hope not, we are very much “people persons”. We both would be miserable if our loved ones no longer cared to be around us for ANY reason, much less that they are afraid of “catching” something (that is not “catchable”).
Janet came at 2:30 today. She will be such a huge help. Mother is coming in the next day or two from Colorado. Thank God.
I went to Paul and Shirleys after the 10am visitation. I totally forgot about Paul and Cade’s birthday party. I went to Walmart with Shirley, just to kill time. On the way home, she said: “I dont want to be morbid, but, what if Marshall dies? I dont want you to move away…” Zoe had asked just about the same thing yesterday. I am not going there, but have privately decided that we will move in with the Sandels. LOL This is all too unbelievable.
Hi, Christina. I’ve just begun Marshall’s MRSA story, being on “October 17th, 2004 in Marshall’s Story - Part 3 - ICU”.
I can tell I’ve got a long way to go…
Here at Nexen Inc in Dallas, a 14 year old son (Drew) of an employee (Jeff Coryell), came home from school on a Friday, and was dead by Tuesday from MRSA pneumonia. Now his father (my coworker) has MRSA (but not the pneumonia), and is in ICU.
On this day’s journal, you say “We both would be miserable if our loved ones no longer cared to be around us for ANY reason, much less that they are afraid of “catching” something (that is not “catchable”).”
Regarding the “that is not ‘catchable’” statement:
The discussions coming out about MRSA here due to the Coryell’s case (major front page article Dallas Morning News), indictate that MRSA IS quite catchable, but that the pneumonia manifestation is not.
I’m wondering if later on in your journal you agree with what I have said here. As tempted as I am to go forward and read the END of the journal, I’m abstaining, since I want to feel the force of what you and your family have gone through.
Well, just wondered… and from time to time I may write again. Thanks for sharing your experience. I am afraid that it will become more valuable as time goes on and CB-MRSA becomes more prevalent.
Larry Gott
Nexen Inc.
I juat wanted to say that i am glad to have found this website, as my mother has just been diagnosed with MRSA in her blood as well. she got it from a surgical wound. It is nice to have something to reference to, as i know nothing about this type of sickness. thank you for sharing.