Last April, my SO came home from work sick with what we thought was the flu. This was on a Saturday afternoon. When I called him from work on Sunday morning to check on him, I could tell immediately something was wrong just by the tone of his voice. I came home and rushed him to the ER. They initially thought it was a stroke....he was talking 'out of his head' (we later learned it was because of his 104.9 fever). It took three days for them to confirm that what he had was systemic e.coli. It shut down his kidneys and was shutting down his liver. It was working on his muscles and his meninges.
That was almost 9 months ago and he's still recovering. The doctor later told us that his chance of surviving it had only been 50/50 and that it could take a full year for him to recover.
We were pretty nonchalant about these types of bacteria before, but not anymore.
I touch nothing questionable that I don't cleanse my hands with hand sanitizer immediately after (before I touch anything else). Also, we treat every wound as a possible entryway into the body, even little scratches.
We may go a little overboard now, but I have never in my life seen anyone as sick as my SO was; and I don't ever want to again.
That was almost 9 months ago and he's still recovering. The doctor later told us that his chance of surviving it had only been 50/50 and that it could take a full year for him to recover.
We were pretty nonchalant about these types of bacteria before, but not anymore.
I touch nothing questionable that I don't cleanse my hands with hand sanitizer immediately after (before I touch anything else). Also, we treat every wound as a possible entryway into the body, even little scratches.
We may go a little overboard now, but I have never in my life seen anyone as sick as my SO was; and I don't ever want to again.