Super Bug

[rabbitearbandicoot]

My wife had an operation a few weeks ago - Brisbane Hospital. Just a fairly simple one - she had a skin cancer in her ear-lobe, so they cut it off and did a skin graft using skin from inside her leg. All seemed to be going reasonably well with that but she had a lot of pain in her back which got steadily worse.

About 3 weeks ago, I called the ambulance and they took her away to hospital. She had the usual set of tests and it was discovered that she had a kidney infection. They put her on antibiotic drip and more tests - no good  - so they changed antibiotic and tried again .... and again ... and again.  She was in hospital for 10 days and eventually they sent her home.

Two days later (last Monday) she was in so much pain that I took her to hospital again.

It seems she has contracted a super bug that none of the antibiotics will kill.

Thank you Brisbane Hospital - she obviously caught it there. So, what we do from here???? It seems it's got the specialists baffled.

[rosieglen]

Hope your wife's health improves soon Rabbit - it must be very worrying for you.

[azureline**]

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Hope your wife gets better quickly Rabbit.

[azureline**]

Time for someone to lobby for psych evaluations for anyone who applies for a gun licence? but surely they don't actually allow people like that to have one anyway........

[karliandjacko]

Sorry to hear this Rabbitt.. it is a very scary situation when this happens.. 

I advise anyone that goes into a hospital to wash your hands, before, during and after.... don't touch the railing and when you visit the person you see make sure you use the alcohol wash that should be in every room. 

these bugs are in EVERY hospital.... anyone can get them.... they can take a long time to recover from.... 

No, they're not. The hospital I was in tested people for bugs on admission and isolated any who are infected to a specific area. They apparently pass the bug free muster and wish to keep it that way.

[crystal**flake]

These bugs are everywhere and its quite common for people to get sicker in hospital.

I hope your wife heals quickly and without too many problems.

[debra9275]

😮 Goodness!!

what an awful thing to say to someone. I think back to a thread where someone else posted something similar to you & how upset you were. Have you forgotten that???

[debra9275]

sorry that post was meant for post #7

[2013marfield]

That thread was a pack of lies anyhow.

[azureline**]

Most people thought antibiotic resistant bugs were caught in a hospital setting but now they were being acquired in the community so may not be the hospital's fault.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health-fitness/superbug-experts-warn-of-red-plague/story-fneuzlbd-1...

[the_hawk*]

I am not sure about it not being the hospitals fault, after all it was where the the bugs developed in the first place and its the hospitals that release infected patients knowingly or unknowingly.

It is also where these things are spread by bad nursing practices.