4/22/08 Update on mom

UPDATE 4/22/08

Found out the reason why mom had to stay in hospital was because of infection, the worst type being MRSA type infection. Could be from hospitals and surgery and chemotherapy, basically all that poking of the skins, these little bacteria bugs get in ya. We are waiting to see if it is something serious like the MRSA, or something not so serious and can be treated w/ antibotics. Funny how things that help you can cause other problems, like how too many cat scans/pet scans can cause other cancers when trying to prevent a different cancer. How surgery and chemotherapy solves one problem, but then causes another. where does it end??

anyways, here are some links of MRSA infection, although i hope its not that:

Also to note, that she fainted right after taking number 2, not number 1 which we all thought. She just came to the realization today, similar to what happened to grandpa about 2 months earlier. She said it was dry and probably needs stool softner. This may/may not be reason why she fainted because I did read somewhere that have trouble going to the bathroom causes loss of oxygen in the brain. I’ll be sure to tell the nurse and doctor and maybe they can give some stool softner or something else. Hey, taking big dry dumps takes a lot out of ya. Dehydration? Arizona heat? Who knows, but time to drink it up.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publichealth/Healthprotection/Healthcareacquiredinfection/Healthcareacquiredgeneralinformation/DH_4093113

The Staphylococcal family of infections:

S.aureus is just one of a family of staphylococcal bacteria. Their normal home is on human skin. The commonest non-S.aureus staphylococcus on human skin is S.epidermidis. This is generally harmless and is called part of the ‘normal commensal flora’ of the human body. Many S.epidermidis are resistant to antibiotics including methicillin and they have the same resistance mechanism (the altered target) as MRSA and therefore are referred to as MRSE.

Although present harmlessly on the skin of everyone, S.epidermidis can cause significant infections if it enters wounds on medical devices such as artificial hip joints or heart valves, or when staff use intravenous catheters to access the bloodstream. This is especially so for severely ill patients such as those in intensive care units or those undergoing cancer chemotherapy.

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There is its, intensive care units – check

chemotherapy – check

great…2 for 2