Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:57 PM
Thank you for all ur prayers. I'm still in a lot of pain and am very weak... so please keep praying...
I've been discharged from the hospital- the doctors did what they could (I mean 30 IVs of antibotics is a lot and 3 doctors) so I have been released to my parents - they made the guest room into like a sterilized little hospital room. My family has been amazing- I sent sister a picture of my face (where teh infection was) at 5am and by the time I came to in my room- she was there. I'm so blessed.
I'll write more about what happened to me... but this is a little about what it is....
What is MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)?
Some staph bacteria are resistant to antibiotics. MRSA is a type of staph that is resistant to antibiotics called beta-lactams. Beta-lactam antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. While 25% to 30% of the population is colonized with staph, approximately 1% is colonized with MRSA.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_Invasive_FS.html
This fact sheet is a summary of the data presented in theJournal of the American Medical Association 2007;298(15):1763-1771.
The estimated number of people developing a serious MRSA infection (i.e., invasive) in 2005 was about 94,360; this is higher than estimates using other methods.
Approximately 18,650 persons died during a hospital stay related to these serious MRSA infections.
About 14% of all the infections occurred in persons without obvious exposures to healthcare.
Evaluation of the pathogens causing these infections confirmed that most of the strains associated with these serious MRSA infections were caused by strains traditionally associated with healthcare. However, the strains traditionally associated with transmission in the community are now being identified in healthcare.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
A questionare about me
Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:56 PM
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 16 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you. If I DIDN'T tag you, it is only because 1) you don't post a lot or 2) I assumed you wouldn't be into this.
1. I’m the legal guardian of 2 Russian girls. I call them “my Russians” because there’s no name that I know of that means the girls I guardian over? - Their mother thinks there is something seriously wrong with me bc I’m not married and I don’t have a boyfriend
2. My family and my puppy (Hunter Pug) are the combined group of the funniest people in the world. My sister and I call each other hourly some days to tell each other off the wall things my grandma, grandpa, or mom says and/ or does. For instance, my grandma told me “Kelly, don’t you save yourself for marriage. You sleep with as many men as you want you hear me?” I am cracking up and asking her why, and her response is classic grandma “Because I was an idiot and saved myself for your grandpa. He promised me champagne and after all these years, I think I just got some stale beer!!” Her advice on love, life, and ‘porking’ honestly could make an exhibitionist blush
3. Even though I typically interested in guys that are at least 5yrs older than me, I still want to be Mrs. Robinson when I grow up, or I want to be Ryan Adam’s band-aid for life
4. It takes me over 2 hours to fall asleep even when I’m laying completely still and my eyes are shut in the dark
5. I love the following more than anyone ever should: Christian literature, christian music, chubby children, old couples, double bourbon & diet coke, urbanoutfitters.com online sales, sporting events, concerts, LSU, leftovers, new gadgets- I probably own one of everything that Best Buy sells, the color yellow, The Office, Edward Norton, compliments, being appreciated, postsecret.com, Dr. Phil
6. I am probably too good at finding out information when I want to know something about someone. I can tell you almost everything about anyone I went to elementary, jr. high, and high school with. Their past, their present and usually their future.
7. Even though they have gotten remarkably better- I still have panic attacks on the regular and mostly at these occurrences: EVERY TIME I drive to/ and if I get there- then going into to school, my phone ringing, walking into church, going to a place I‘ve never been…. Pretty much everything but going to work and going to my apt
8. I cant eat meat on a bone & I was a vegetarian for 10 years starting when I was 4 yrs old. The reason is because I only ate ham prior to 4 yrs old and one day my dad told me ham came from Miss Piggy. That was my very first memory. I also can only eat food and drink beverages at room temperature.
9. My very first words were “Ashy Bad” (as in ‘my sister, Ashley is bad’ Ashy= sister. Oh and my sister and I only refer to each other as sister, never by our names. Even Meago calls sister “sister”
10. I honestly believe I walk between raindrops
11. I pray non-stop. Literally I don’t think I could count how many times I pray in a day.
12. I am far too trusting and have never met anyone I didn’t like. I forgive too quickly, over-apologize and over thank people to the point its annoying. I even apologize to inanimate objects like when I bump into tables
13. I’ve saved two people’s lives. First, I have had to give a man the Heimlich maneuver when I was 17 & a lifeguard. Second, this summer a a 39 yr old mans had a diabetic attack and sank to the 12 ft deep lap pool (with Lucas’ help - I have to give him credit too), and then he tried to drown Lucas. I had to stop his mother who happened to be there from giving him insulin bc we didn’t know if his blood sugar was too high or too low. The most intense / scariest 30 minutes of my life.
14. I have NO fat on my arms, legs, or butt. And no matter how much weight I gain it never goes in those 3 areas? I am “double jointed” in every possible way someone can be double jointed in. when I pop my back it sounds like a machine gun- honest. I always said God gave me a good sense of humor because He gave me such funny body
15. A part of me will always believe that no man can stay faithful to any woman. Even with that being said, I am still good friends with everyone of my exes- even the ones I had terrible break ups with.
16. I am the biggest bargain shopper you will ever meet. My whole apt is decorated in stuff from Good Will- I reupholstered like everything. And its super cute if I do say so myself . Im also Anal Annie when it comes to money. When I got my first job at 15, the first thing I did was make a pie chart of how much and where my money would be allocated. Also, when I have panic attacks- the ONLY thing that can calm me down is long division and long multiplication (Like 19 digit numbers multiplied by 17 digit numbers). I also remember all numbers- ppls birthdays, phone numbers, addresses. I have a numeric photogRAPHIC memory.
17. I am consumed with other people’s feelings. The following are some of my extreme examples: when I was little I would swap out a different stuffed animal every night to sleep with- because I didn’t want any of the stuffed animals feelings to be hurt. Growing up I would always sit with people who sat alone at their lunch tables because I felt so awful for someone to feel lonely. I always made good friends with the kids that got picked on in school, and I would always make my boyfriend of the minute (and/ or Douglas) walk with the picked on kid and me to class- so that way no one would mess with them. I can still cry about an episode of Oprah I saw in the 10th grade because this 11 year old was teased at school for being chubby- and she came home one day in tears and told her mom she wanted to die. Within the week, the health problems she was having that caused her to gain weight killed her (I actually started crying just writing that out!!).
18. More of my friends have passed away than my mother, father, and sister have lost combined. Every funeral I have gone to has taken a little more of my soul- but worse, they each force me to relive the day that my best friend Alexis passed away, her funeral, and how I stood along side her mom, dad, and sister when everyone first walked into her wake because we were that much like sisters to each other.
19. Meredith Phillips, Sister, Meago, and my grandma literally saved me this past year. Almost all my favorite people have been some of my closest friends for at least 10 yrs. Oh and I have a love/ hate relationship with Kasey Morse Strait.
Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 16 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you. If I DIDN'T tag you, it is only because 1) you don't post a lot or 2) I assumed you wouldn't be into this.
1. I’m the legal guardian of 2 Russian girls. I call them “my Russians” because there’s no name that I know of that means the girls I guardian over? - Their mother thinks there is something seriously wrong with me bc I’m not married and I don’t have a boyfriend
2. My family and my puppy (Hunter Pug) are the combined group of the funniest people in the world. My sister and I call each other hourly some days to tell each other off the wall things my grandma, grandpa, or mom says and/ or does. For instance, my grandma told me “Kelly, don’t you save yourself for marriage. You sleep with as many men as you want you hear me?” I am cracking up and asking her why, and her response is classic grandma “Because I was an idiot and saved myself for your grandpa. He promised me champagne and after all these years, I think I just got some stale beer!!” Her advice on love, life, and ‘porking’ honestly could make an exhibitionist blush
3. Even though I typically interested in guys that are at least 5yrs older than me, I still want to be Mrs. Robinson when I grow up, or I want to be Ryan Adam’s band-aid for life
4. It takes me over 2 hours to fall asleep even when I’m laying completely still and my eyes are shut in the dark
5. I love the following more than anyone ever should: Christian literature, christian music, chubby children, old couples, double bourbon & diet coke, urbanoutfitters.com online sales, sporting events, concerts, LSU, leftovers, new gadgets- I probably own one of everything that Best Buy sells, the color yellow, The Office, Edward Norton, compliments, being appreciated, postsecret.com, Dr. Phil
6. I am probably too good at finding out information when I want to know something about someone. I can tell you almost everything about anyone I went to elementary, jr. high, and high school with. Their past, their present and usually their future.
7. Even though they have gotten remarkably better- I still have panic attacks on the regular and mostly at these occurrences: EVERY TIME I drive to/ and if I get there- then going into to school, my phone ringing, walking into church, going to a place I‘ve never been…. Pretty much everything but going to work and going to my apt
8. I cant eat meat on a bone & I was a vegetarian for 10 years starting when I was 4 yrs old. The reason is because I only ate ham prior to 4 yrs old and one day my dad told me ham came from Miss Piggy. That was my very first memory. I also can only eat food and drink beverages at room temperature.
9. My very first words were “Ashy Bad” (as in ‘my sister, Ashley is bad’ Ashy= sister. Oh and my sister and I only refer to each other as sister, never by our names. Even Meago calls sister “sister”
10. I honestly believe I walk between raindrops
11. I pray non-stop. Literally I don’t think I could count how many times I pray in a day.
12. I am far too trusting and have never met anyone I didn’t like. I forgive too quickly, over-apologize and over thank people to the point its annoying. I even apologize to inanimate objects like when I bump into tables
13. I’ve saved two people’s lives. First, I have had to give a man the Heimlich maneuver when I was 17 & a lifeguard. Second, this summer a a 39 yr old mans had a diabetic attack and sank to the 12 ft deep lap pool (with Lucas’ help - I have to give him credit too), and then he tried to drown Lucas. I had to stop his mother who happened to be there from giving him insulin bc we didn’t know if his blood sugar was too high or too low. The most intense / scariest 30 minutes of my life.
14. I have NO fat on my arms, legs, or butt. And no matter how much weight I gain it never goes in those 3 areas? I am “double jointed” in every possible way someone can be double jointed in. when I pop my back it sounds like a machine gun- honest. I always said God gave me a good sense of humor because He gave me such funny body
15. A part of me will always believe that no man can stay faithful to any woman. Even with that being said, I am still good friends with everyone of my exes- even the ones I had terrible break ups with.
16. I am the biggest bargain shopper you will ever meet. My whole apt is decorated in stuff from Good Will- I reupholstered like everything. And its super cute if I do say so myself . Im also Anal Annie when it comes to money. When I got my first job at 15, the first thing I did was make a pie chart of how much and where my money would be allocated. Also, when I have panic attacks- the ONLY thing that can calm me down is long division and long multiplication (Like 19 digit numbers multiplied by 17 digit numbers). I also remember all numbers- ppls birthdays, phone numbers, addresses. I have a numeric photogRAPHIC memory.
17. I am consumed with other people’s feelings. The following are some of my extreme examples: when I was little I would swap out a different stuffed animal every night to sleep with- because I didn’t want any of the stuffed animals feelings to be hurt. Growing up I would always sit with people who sat alone at their lunch tables because I felt so awful for someone to feel lonely. I always made good friends with the kids that got picked on in school, and I would always make my boyfriend of the minute (and/ or Douglas) walk with the picked on kid and me to class- so that way no one would mess with them. I can still cry about an episode of Oprah I saw in the 10th grade because this 11 year old was teased at school for being chubby- and she came home one day in tears and told her mom she wanted to die. Within the week, the health problems she was having that caused her to gain weight killed her (I actually started crying just writing that out!!).
18. More of my friends have passed away than my mother, father, and sister have lost combined. Every funeral I have gone to has taken a little more of my soul- but worse, they each force me to relive the day that my best friend Alexis passed away, her funeral, and how I stood along side her mom, dad, and sister when everyone first walked into her wake because we were that much like sisters to each other.
19. Meredith Phillips, Sister, Meago, and my grandma literally saved me this past year. Almost all my favorite people have been some of my closest friends for at least 10 yrs. Oh and I have a love/ hate relationship with Kasey Morse Strait.
God's Promise- Amazing!
Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone-to have a deep, full relationship with another...to be loved thoroughly and exclusively. But God, to the Christian says, "No, not until you have given yourself totally and without reservation to me...to have an intensely personal and unique relationship with Me alone...I love you, My child, and until you discover that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found, you will not be capable of the perfect human relationship that I have planned for you. You will never be united with another until you are united with Me - exclusively, apart from any other desires or longings. I want you to stop planning and wishing, and allow me to bring that person to you-you just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest things...keep listening and learning the things which I tell you...you just wait.
Don't be anxious...don't worry...don't look around at the things that I've given to others...don't look at those things which you desire...you just keep looking up to Me...or you will miss what I want to show you.
And then, when you are ready, I'll surprise you with a love more wonderful than you would have ever dreamed of...you see, until you are ready and until the one I have for you is ready - until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me and the love that exemplifies your relationship with Me...This is perfect love.
I want you to have this wonderful love...I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with Me and I want you to enjoy life and love...and all that I have for you with all My heart. I love you utterly, Precious One, and always...please believe Me and trust Me."
Don't be anxious...don't worry...don't look around at the things that I've given to others...don't look at those things which you desire...you just keep looking up to Me...or you will miss what I want to show you.
And then, when you are ready, I'll surprise you with a love more wonderful than you would have ever dreamed of...you see, until you are ready and until the one I have for you is ready - until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me and the love that exemplifies your relationship with Me...This is perfect love.
I want you to have this wonderful love...I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with Me and I want you to enjoy life and love...and all that I have for you with all My heart. I love you utterly, Precious One, and always...please believe Me and trust Me."
New Post
I'm moving all my facebook notes onto here.... so that is why they will all have the same day/ time. And a lot of them are about MRSA. I was just having such a tough time and I didn't feel well enough to talk about it out loud at the time. So here come like 100 blogs!
Whew okay. Thanks. Bye!
Whew okay. Thanks. Bye!
Friday, February 20, 2009
random nothings gettin this started
Who's the first "B" in your contacts?
Becca - shes under just "B"
Do you have a reason to smile right now?
MRSA hasn't killed me and I dont think it will- I think I'm too positive of a person to die by something so ugly and awful so young. plus i think im destined to have babies one day bc the world needs more of my numor :)
Who was the last person to text you?
best friend meago of course
What are you listening to right now?
CIS or CSI i can never remember which is the show or which is the class i've had to take 3 levels of- isnt that dumb?
What was the last thing you purchased?
some michael kors work outsfits online- they were delievered the day i went into the hospital- havent gotten to get them yet- A MONTH LATER~ grrr
Are you looking forward to anything?
taking my life back from MRSA?
Has any one said they loved you today?
meag and i prob did
What are you wearing on your feet?
in bed- so always socks in bed
Do you usually have weird dreams?
they usually are like an extention of my day- like nothing crazy but they have me on so much medication right now- 20 pills a day- no exaggeration- that my dreams have been absurd
Do you like your bed?
love it- really miss it. even though i do like hospital beds which i s weird i know
What are you thinking about right now?
redundant as i have been this past month- when will i ever feel better?
What color is your keyboard?
silver- dell xps m1330 Red Edition- its kinda badass
Marriage in your future?
no one in line but i hope so
Plans for tomorrow?
still on bedrest
Is there a reason for your MySpace song?
songs i love
What song is stuck in your head?
nope
Will this weekend be a good one?
I'll prob sleep through the whole thing :(
next week is ashley's mconnell dedear's going away party if i can make it that will be fun. ashley is a blast
Have you ever worn the opposite sex's clothing?
i used to have a habit of stealing guys clothes from their appt... okay mostly paul and his roommmates but stuart would steal all the sigma nu shirts back from me to keep - so it kinda equaled out in a weird way - except for paul, clarks and cjos (chris johnson... not my old best friend)
How long does it take you 2 shower?
never more than 7 minutes- and i shave everytime i shower too- im fast
Is the last person you hugged older than you?
cant really hug anyone im so contagious and i cant get out of bed even
Has anyone gotten on your nerves lately?
aw man some of the nurses and drs... they all had such contradictory views on my treatment that one of the assholes wouldnt give me my morphine and tried to give me a motrin 600- seriously?! i have the tolerance of a horse, my face was completely distorted at the time, and when i was in 8th grade i had bad cramps and i was perscribed motrin 800- so 600?! i was like get this shit out of my f-ing face and give me something besides baby asprin- man alive i was pissed.
Last night did you fall asleep smiling?
no yesterday i felt the worst - a month into this shit- redic
Are you afraid of change?
i love change- but i do get panic attacks when i have to go into certain places for the first time
Have you ever lived in a big city?
umm the big H
Does you family own their own business?
papa did for many many years
Are you in a good mood right now?
trying to be positive but nighttime is when my body hurts the most
Are you on medication 4 anything?
20 pills a day to basically try to kill off an incurable infection... i don't get it either- except the anti-inflamatories and pain killers just bc MRSA causing unbearable pain and bc the infection is in my blood - its swollen my brain and has caused the worst headaches i can't even begin to put words to it. its not like a migrain its hard to explain
Who woke up you up this morning ?
my boss- VIA PHONE! whew that could have sounded awful)
What time did you wake up this morning?
4am, 6ish am, 9:15am, 11:30am... all today
Where did you get the shirt you wearing?
D*Sweets
What did you do last night?
watched the office
What's on your wish list 4 your birthday?
at least a yr of good health
Does the future make you more nervous or excited?the fact that if i have to withdraw from school this semester (haven't been able to leave hospital or house in a month) that will make a total of 4 semesters i've had to take off due to illnesses or family issues... and its been 4 semesters all broken up- so it makes it seem longer
Do you firmly believe that everything happens for a reason?
yes
Becca - shes under just "B"
Do you have a reaso
MRSA hasn't killed me and I dont think it will- I think I'm too positive of a person to die by something so ugly and awful so young. plus i think im destined to have babies one day bc the world needs more of my numor :)
Who was the last perso
best friend meago of course
What are you liste
CIS or CSI i can never remember which is the show or which is the class i've had to take 3 levels of- isnt that dumb?
What was the last thing
some michael kors work outsfits online- they were delievered the day i went into the hospital- havent gotten to get them yet- A MONTH LATER~ grrr
Are you looki
taking my life back from MRSA?
Has any one said they loved
meag and i prob did
What are you weari
in bed- so always socks in bed
Do you usual
they usually are like an extention of my day- like nothing crazy but they have me on so much medication right now- 20 pills a day- no exaggeration- that my dreams have been absurd
Do you like your bed?
love it- really miss it. even though i do like hospital beds which i s weird i know
What are you think
redundant as i have been this past month- when will i ever feel better?
What color
silver- dell xps m1330 Red Edition- its kinda badass
Marri
no one in line but i hope so
Plans
still on bedrest
Is there
songs i love
What song is stuck
nope
Will this weeke
I'll prob sleep through the whole thing :(
next week is ashley's mconnell dedear's going away party if i can make it that will be fun. ashley is a blast
Have you ever worn the oppos
i used to have a habit of stealing guys clothes from their appt... okay mostly paul and his roommmates but stuart would steal all the sigma nu shirts back from me to keep - so it kinda equaled out in a weird way - except for paul, clarks and cjos (chris johnson... not my old best friend)
How long does it take you 2 showe
never more than 7 minutes- and i shave everytime i shower too- im fast
Is the last perso
cant really hug anyone im so contagious and i cant get out of bed even
Has anyon
aw man some of the nurses and drs... they all had such contradictory views on my treatment that one of the assholes wouldnt give me my morphine and tried to give me a motrin 600- seriously?! i have the tolerance of a horse, my face was completely distorted at the time, and when i was in 8th grade i had bad cramps and i was perscribed motrin 800- so 600?! i was like get this shit out of my f-ing face and give me something besides baby asprin- man alive i was pissed.
Last night
no yesterday i felt the worst - a month into this shit- redic
Are you afrai
i love change- but i do get panic attacks when i have to go into certain places for the first time
Have you ever lived
umm the big H
Does you famil
papa did for many many years
Are you in a good mood right
trying to be positive but nighttime is when my body hurts the most
Are you on medic
20 pills a day to basically try to kill off an incurable infection... i don't get it either- except the anti-inflamatories and pain killers just bc MRSA causing unbearable pain and bc the infection is in my blood - its swollen my brain and has caused the worst headaches i can't even begin to put words to it. its not like a migrain its hard to explain
Who woke up you up this morni
my boss- VIA PHONE! whew that could have sounded awful)
What time did you wake up this morni
4am, 6ish am, 9:15am, 11:30am... all today
Where
D*Sweets
What did you do last night
watched the office
What'
at least a yr of good health
Does the futur
Do you firml
yes
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