I am SO SICK of MRSA!!! :( Worried.

[monarc23]

Got a call this morning from my aunt. Mymom picked up the phone as she was almost out the door for work. Here, my grandma (her mom) looks like she may have had a stroke... her blood pressure is extremely high and she's unresponsive as are her pupils. They tested her for MRSA i guess immediatly and she indeed does have it in her nostrils.

I am really upset for 2 reasons.

1. that MRSA in nursing homes and hospitals is soo POORLY taken care of that I swear it's a worse issue than this so called swine flu drama. This is the second person I've known in my own family to come down with it. One worked in a home for mentally disabled people and got it, the other my grandma is a pacient in the nursing home.

2. that my mom, who is at a VERY high risk for getting mrsa amung other things and she's in the room where my grandma is possibly dieing just breathing on her breath vapors (which are mrsa contaminated). My mom gets pelurisy (sp) often... I mean once a year, she also smokes, her immune system is greatly compromised by lupus amung other problems she has. I am so upset because not only am i more than likely loosing my grandma, but my mom through her worry and care is putting herself in danger just being in that hospital,and most deffinatly being in that room with no mask on nothing.

Please please, just pray that my grandma passes soon, the poor lady has been suffering for a very long time,she hasn't known where she is for years now, and either feels very scared or very angry (and compative which is why none of the family was able to take care of her and had to find a nursing home for her). Grandma, when my mom and her sisters walked in was mumbling someting about "the eleventh hour" and having to "leave"... so whatever she was saying I really just hope it's her soul saying it's time and is coming soon. She doesn't diserve to suffer anymore.

And also please pray for my mom. She's putting herself in danger, but I completely understand why, but it doesnt change the fact that if she gets MRSA in her lungs its probably not going to end well. MRSA if you know, is very hard to combat even in healthy pacients, well my mom isn't healthy. Ugh. I'm just worried.

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers that I know will most deffinatly flow through here!!! *hugs*

 

[Zahboo]

I'm sorry Monarch. As hard as it is to see them go, it's harder to see them suffer.

 

[monarc23]

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It really is

I know everyone in my family is ready to let her go. We have been for a while,its no fun watching her be confused, out of it, or extremely angry. When she lived at home she used to find knifes and try to stab her family it was pretty bad...at the home she'd try to attack other pacients and had to be moved to other homes a few times because of it. To top it all off she's 100% blind from cataracts from diabetis.

 

[Zahboo]

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It really is

I know everyone in my family is ready to let her go. We have been for a while,its no fun watching her be confused, out of it, or extremely angry. When she lived at home she used to find knifes and try to stab her family it was pretty bad...at the home she'd try to attack other pacients and had to be moved to other homes a few times because of it. To top it all off she's 100% blind from cataracts from diabetis.

That's sad. I pray that she goes home soon. I don't know your beliefs or anything but hopefully God will call her to him soon. Maybe advise your mother to wear a mask? It's hard to just tell her she can't be with her, but precautions should be taken.

 

[monarc23]

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It really is

I know everyone in my family is ready to let her go. We have been for a while,its no fun watching her be confused, out of it, or extremely angry. When she lived at home she used to find knifes and try to stab her family it was pretty bad...at the home she'd try to attack other pacients and had to be moved to other homes a few times because of it. To top it all off she's 100% blind from cataracts from diabetis.

That's sad. I pray that she goes home soon. I don't know your beliefs or anything but hopefully God will call her to him soon. Maybe advise your mother to wear a mask? It's hard to just tell her she can't be with her, but precautions should be taken.

I deffinatly 100% believe in God and that the soul lives after death, she'd be much happier that's for sure

I find peace in her leaving, some people may think that's sick but it's been years of the same she doesn't diserve this.

As for my mom, I tried to get it through her head that she shouldn't even be breathing in the same air and she tried telling me that it doesn't mean anything that it's in her nasal cavity... YES. it does. She doesnt' believe me though, she only listened to what the doctor said.. My mom SHOULD have told the doctor that she has a immune defficiency... i wish she would wear a mask but i worry its already too late. My mom and aunts examined myw hole grandmas body looking for the staph infection... which i told her is probably in my grandmas lungs according to what i read... but nope mom doesn't believe me. My mother in law when she had a mrsa infection it showed up on her lower lip. She had NO mrsa in her nasal cavity and the doctor explained it's becaus she has the skin mrsa not the lung mrsa. *sigh* I just hope all ends well.

 

[redhen]

Sorry about your grandma.

Was your gram on oxygen? MRSA can sometimes get in the nares from the oxygen thingie that goes into the nose. I've never known MRSA to be air born, though ( as in: coming out and infecting others from just normal breathing. Coughing..well..that may be a differant story, because of mucus...).. I've taken care of many patients with it. I think if it was air born they would have to have her in special air filtration room, with a seperate duct work.(and most nursing homes dont have those types of rooms..they send them to the hospitals..) So the germs cant go through the whole buildings duct work and get everyone else sick. Also...do they have masks outside of the room with all the other percaution stuff...gowns, gloves..etc..? IF it was airborn they would have to have that. I think you mom will be okay, just tell her to wear gloves and gown and wash, wash, wash. Your mom will be fine sweetie. Although with the supressed immune system..she does need to be EXTRA careful..

 

[CityChicker]

I am so sorry to hear of what you are going through. I came down with MRSA after my last surgery, but I did get through it. I had part of my neck/throat/voice box removed. After surgery, I came down with MRSA on my neck and upper chest. The doctor started me on Clindamycin right away and it quickly subsided thank God.

I have never heard of MRSA being airborne though. I am not saying it is or isn't- I have just not heard that. My husband is a medical professional and I know he has said it is passed through contact. When I had it, he didn't contract it and he helped take care of me even helping change the drains in my throat. Hopefully, that helps put your mind at ease at least a little bit.

 

[JessHall]

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Monarc, I deeply respect you for everything you've said. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers... the first prayer I'll share with you-
Dear Heavenly Father,
I pray that your time for Monarc's Grandma is soon so that she will not suffer any longer. I pray that you comfort her family. I pray that you protect her mom as she is by her mother's side, and Father, help her mother quit smoking. Please help Monarc remain strong.
In Jesus name, Amen.

Good Luck!

 

[monarc23]

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Hmm interesting the doctor said if its in the lungs normal breathing can cause it to go around, I also read it online but i dont remember where

either way i dont disagree with you, if you're right that's awesome!

They did give her a mask after that, the whole room got masks actually

I found out once she got home but this was AFTER my mom was really close to my grandma inspecting her body.

And i agree she does... i wanna slap her in teh arm for not being smart to just bring a mask anyhow to be safe since MRSA is rampant in hospitals.

 

[monarc23]

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Im glad to hear your mrsa experience subsided so fast! My mother in laws was over 2 weeks long in the hospital from hers, it was on her lower lip and made it to her eye before they realized what she had....very scary.

that i know of theres atleast two types of mrsa, skin type (via contact) and the lung t ype (which the doctor for my mother in law was worried she had as it's so congtious to be close to someone with it breathing it in) but she didnt luckily. And my grandma just has it in her nasal passages which is where carriers normally harbor it.