Four year old Caleb Noblitt survived an MRSA infection in his pelvis and spine, and is part of a video on channel 4 in Denver - looking just as vibrant as a little child should. Bless his heart, I can only imagine what his family has gone through!
Denver Child Thanks Doctors After MRSA Battle
May 13th, 2007 · 51 Comments
Tags: Colorado · MRSA in Children · CA-MRSA
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marla // Jun 11, 2007 at 8:45 pm
my 4 year old daughter had gotten mrsa in her blood stream and is now battling with the boils is it ever really gone? I hope everything goes well for you little boy and we will keep him in our prays. I was on here looking for answers and ran across your story.
Heather // Oct 10, 2007 at 10:33 pm
No mrsa is never gone… my little brother has it… we have to wear gloves and masks around him so that we dont catch it, because it is also airborn… I wish your children luck… and you ask well
mama // Oct 18, 2007 at 12:52 pm
I FEEL SO SAD I WISH I COUL HELP U GET BETTER
kim // Oct 18, 2007 at 5:12 pm
I had a MRSA infection on my leg and it was TERRIBLE. the best of luck to you
Katly // Oct 18, 2007 at 10:14 pm
My mom thinks she has it I HOPE SHE DOESN’T BECAUSE SHE THINKS SHE IS GOING TO DIED??
PRAY FOR US??
Cristin // Oct 22, 2007 at 9:04 am
I’ve gotten MRSA almost a year ago myself. It got inside of my body and attacked my respitory system collapsing my right lung. I got a few surguries and was attatched to draining tubes for about a month or so in the hospitol. It wasn’t a very good expirience.
But, I am now 17 and I’m doing absolutely wonderfully! Sometimes my chest feels a little tight in the mornings but other than that, I’ve had no problems!
Your son.
He is very lucky to be alive.
I couldn’t be more happy for you.
Me // Oct 22, 2007 at 4:19 pm
my school has MRSA going around right now and everyone is freaking out! i’m making sure i wash my hands every hour and i take home my gym clothes every day!
Ive seen what MRSA can do and i wish ur son the best of luck!
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ME
Katherine // Oct 26, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I have had MRSA for about 3 1/2 years. I had two pretty terrible go rounds with it, one requiring surgery before the boils went so deep that I would lose my arm. It hurts immensely, and it’s an aweful thing to get because you don’t know how long it will take until they find an antibiotic that will work right for you… hopefully before the infection and its affects are devistating. It almost seems like “remission” in between bouts… but every pimple, blister or cut worries me now. And if it starts looking like it’s infected, I go to the doctor right away. I’ll always be a carrier. And just because I’m contageous, doesn’t mean anyone will every get sick from me. My husband is probably a carrier thanks to me, but has never been sick. Of course if he ever gets an infection, I’ll be taking him in right away too…..Good luck to all those out there suffering….
OMG // Oct 26, 2007 at 4:30 pm
PLEASE HELP MY MIDDLE SCHOOL MAY HAVE IT GOING AROUND!!! it HMS and it has mrsa in it do u always have it and do u always need surgery? Can u like lose it or are u always contageuios(sorry if spelt wrong) but im scared but good thing is i rarely get sick and my immune systeme is high>will it go slower for me?
Jess // Oct 26, 2007 at 10:48 pm
God bless Caleb and his family and I pray this journey won’t be a long one and that someone finds a cure. and bless everyone else out there who are carriers and their families. I am looking mrsa a lot ( that is how I came across here ) since last holidays when I found out I have a few family member that are carriers. and now it seems to be spreading massively. I do worry for my children and other family members. But I worry more for those who are already infected. I wish you all the best of luck and a cure soon!
God Bless!!!!!!!
Lori Noblitt // Oct 27, 2007 at 6:21 am
Thank You to all of you who have prayed for our son Caleb. Thanks to the wonderful staff and docotrs he is now doing very well he will suffer some setbacks for a while. If I can help answer any questions for any of you or provide information I will do my best.
Thank You Again!! Without your prayers and thoughts we could not have made it through this.
Leslie // Oct 30, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Wow i am so happy that your son is alive, and i pra ythat he never gets sick again. I have MRSA goign around my school so i have been researching it to see what it is all about, and i came across this story. i wishyou and every one that has this terrible infestion the best of luck.
Wes // Oct 31, 2007 at 8:37 pm
I have staff right now and im scared!
Lori Noblitt // Nov 1, 2007 at 5:14 pm
To the posting on Oct 31 by Wes; Is there something I can do to help ease your anxietiy. Please let me know if I can help. My e-mail is wstnoblitt6@msn.com
JENNIFER // Nov 2, 2007 at 2:53 pm
i ALSO HAVE MRSA HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE OVER SOON. I HAVE 11 MORE DAYS ON MY ANTIBIOTIC. i HAD IT IN MY BLOOD AND SPINE AND LUNGS. i WAS MISDIGNOSTIC . AND ALMOST DIED.
Brittany // Nov 4, 2007 at 3:51 pm
I was misdiagnosed for almost 2 years. I actually had MRSA and they told me it was just a simple staph infection and sent me on my way. In February I was finally diagnosed correctly and I was banned from school for about a week. It was too late though by the time they got me on my medicine MRSA had been in my system for 2 years and by getting on the medicine it sent it into my bloodstream and I wound up in ICU for a week and when I was in there they diagnosed me with MONO as well. I managed to give it to two teammates of mine before we got it under control. I’ll pray for your son and I hope he never has to go through it again.
Annie // Nov 8, 2007 at 8:56 pm
HELP ME PLEASE my school just got special sanitizer espielly for mrsa. bless everyone that is dealling with it
Nicole // Nov 14, 2007 at 10:07 am
MRSA is not airborne. If you read and listen to the reports, that is the one way you will not get it. You can only get MRSA if you come in contact with the wound of the patient. I’ve had MRSA a few times and am battling it again as we speak. The nurse at the hospital last night assured me that I cannot spread it unless someone touches my wound. If you do have MRSA, get it treated immediately and you will be fine. Good luck!
Nikki // Nov 14, 2007 at 1:39 pm
best of luck to you and your family…i have mrsa and it sux i have had it for like 3 weeks and it wont go away its spreading more and more and im allergic to the antibiotic….:(
HOPE YOUR SON GETS WELL SOON
eddie // Nov 24, 2007 at 9:21 am
man, were do i start, it sucks really bad. i jus found out nov 23 and wen i went on the net to find out more info i started to cry, im 19 years old and loves sports and found out i basically cant play anymore. it kills me inside that me and my girlfriend have it and she playes sports too. again it jus sucks that it has to happen to people that are good or doing good in life
la county // Dec 8, 2007 at 8:32 am
hey guys, i work in a jail and i caught mrsa, it was on my leg and it hurt alot….. u just have to be real careful now its really contagious i spreaded it my wife but that was two years ago now and im still working there but im alot more careful now
Rachel // Dec 22, 2007 at 9:20 am
We think that my nephew may have MRSA. My dad is taking him to the doctor again as I type. He was taken to the doctor yesterday and they said if he wasn’t better this morning, they were going to put him in the hospital. He has a small spot that came up on his leg Thursday night and they drew a circle around it. they gave him 2 shots and antibiotics, but I don’t know if it worked. I pray that MRSA is not what he has right now. He is only 1 year old. Please pray for him. God Bless everyone here who has gone through this.
christie // Dec 23, 2007 at 1:32 am
please help if u can my daughter has had an on going battle with mrsa and i just cant seem to get ride of it….just when i think its gone there it comes
Shana // Dec 29, 2007 at 10:20 pm
i was told that i may have mrsa and i am really scared. my four month old son may have it too. he has a sore in his scalp and has had iot for a while now. i was told that it could come from hospitals . i wonder if that is where we caught it if we do have it. if not, i thought his area in his scalp was cradle cap and i would scratch it with my nails. that could be a source of infection. god bless all of you. im praying for everone.
Penny // Feb 12, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I have been reading all of these stories. My grandson has been diagnosed with mrsa. It was about 7 months ago. He has had several sores come up. We cannot get any satisfaction from the doctors. They act like it is not a big deal. I am so worrried about him. He is only 2 years old. He now has a sore on his tail bone at the top of his bottom. His dad is also getting sores too but they say his is strep. Has anyone delt with this kind of situation? Please help!
Roxanne // Feb 14, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Hi everyone! and good luck to you all, I have had MRSA for at least the past four weeks, it began as a small boil that grew overnight and was extremely painful, I have had in total four boils in four weeks, I have been told different things by different doctors, do you ever get rid of this??? thanks to a co worker who didn’t share that he had it until it was to late, be sure to inform people, don’t be embarrassed this is not your fault. Wash wash wash.
Christina // Mar 3, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Help! I need to completely understand this…My husband has just been diagnosed with MRSA and I have six kids to watch out for, is it airborn? The Rn told my husband it is not contagious, the problem is I have read it is, can someone please clarify this for me? Im so worried for our children!
Angelica // Mar 7, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Hi Chistina! This NOT airborn. But keep your husband’s clothes, towels, etc…away from your kids and make’em wash theirs hands all the time, and most important do not let them touch any wound.Take care yourself too. Good Luck!
I’m praying for all of you guys!!!
Angelica // Mar 7, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Keep personal items personal. Avoid sharing personal items such as towels, sheets, razors, clothing and athletic equipment. MRSA spreads on contaminated objects as well as through direct contact.
Keep wounds covered. Keep cuts and abrasions clean and covered with sterile, dry bandages until they heal. The pus from infected sores often contains MRSA, and keeping wounds covered will help keep the bacteria from spreading.
Sanitize linens. If you have a cut or sore, wash towels and bed linens in hot water with added bleach and dry them in a hot dryer. Wash gym and athletic clothes after each wearing.
Wash your hands. In or out of the hospital, careful hand washing remains your best defense against germs. Scrub hands briskly for at least 15 seconds, then dry them with a disposable towel and use another towel to turn off the faucet. Carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer containing at least 62 percent alcohol for times when you don’t have access to soap and water.
Get tested. If you have a skin infection that requires treatment, ask your doctor to test for MRSA. Many doctors prescribe drugs that aren’t effective against antibiotic-resistant staph, which delays treatment and creates more resistant germs. If you’re having surgery, ask to be tested for MRSA one week before you enter the hospital.
Natalie // Mar 11, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Hello everyone and bless you all! I truly hope someone finds a real cure for this. I am also a worried wife to wonderful husband that got this bacterial infection MRSA and that is raising our child miles away while I work and live in another city. I’m scared for him, for my child, for me and for my son whom lives with me…am I a carrier?
Łukasz // Mar 11, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I am complently healthy, I want just wish everybody to become to normal life, everything will be ok.
abdullah sarami // Mar 13, 2008 at 3:57 pm
HELLO.
i hope my leader mehdi help your baby
and save him for you.
i pray for your baby.
Lynne // Mar 18, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I am a nurse and can I just say, MRSA is not a condition you ‘get’. It stands for methicillin resistant staph-aureus, Staph aureus is something most of us have on our skin anyway, and MRSA just means that it is not killed by methicillin, an antibiotic which is used to treat infections. It is only a problem if it gets somewhere it shouldnt be, i.e an open wound, which is no different to the staph aureus which is not resistant to antibiotics; It doesn’t give you sores, it is not airborne, you will only get a problem with it if you have a wound or opening where it can get it to the body, which can then cause infection, just the same as any bug. There are loads of people who are carriers, the same as there are loads of people who are carriers of normal staph aureus. You can have an underlying infection, which can be exacerbated by an infection with staph aureus, be it methicillin resistant or not, and if untreated it can cause a blood infection the same as any infection if left to spread. I get so mad when people say they had MRSA and it did this that and the other… they will have had an infection and the bug wil have just been resistant to the antibiotics normally used to treat the infections. If you are going to be worried about bugs, we have them on our skin anyway, and they are only a problem if they are allowed to get in where they shouldnt be. There are lots of people in the community who go about their lives as carriers and do not even know they are. I just wish the press would actually tell people the truth instead of trying to scare them by telling them horror stories of something they dont really have all the facts on.
Roxanne // Mar 18, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I am reading this and I can tell you, that I had no open wounds before I got an absess on my butt. I was just having a shower and noticed what looked like a small pimple. I knew that was wrong as I never get them there. As the night went on it grew fast and furious and it became hot. So before this I was completely fine and had no symptoms or sores. So who really has all the right information? Not real sure but I know that I can’t work and somedays I can barely move.
James Miglionico Sr. // Mar 18, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I was locked up in a County Jail for 7 months. There is communal clothing, and communal linen and blankets, communal showers, and generally packed spaces with cells designed for one adult man, where there are 3 adult men, and a small communal living area. As for the Nurse saying that you can’t “Get MRSA”, that is false. I Got MRSA in jail, unclean enviornments, it does spread, and will as rapidly as it can. It is true that MRSA is Methicin-Resistant-Staph-Aurelis, meaning, A Staph Infection that is Resistant to (some) antibiotics, specifically Methicin and Pennicilin based antibiotics, but Sulfur based antibiotics can be highly affective. I do also know that MRSA is becoming more and more resistant. The way to stem that is to stop pressuring Doctors for antibiotics when you are a relatively young and healthy individual who can most likely fight off most ailments with proper rest, food, and fluids. Its the overuse of antibiotics that has caused MRSA to happen.
Roxanne // Mar 19, 2008 at 8:05 am
It is funny that the nurse said you can’t “get it”. I do agree it is everywhere, but if it is not contagious how come we are using the universal procautions with this? I have3 nurses and doctors gloved and masked to the hilts and wondering why? Because you can get it! I now am going to see a infectious disease specialist to see if a coctail of drugs will do the trick, I don’t want them but I can’t work and I have wounds all over my butt, nurses come everyday and pack me. You know I still watch people come and go out of washrooms without washing their hans and before they eat, people need to be more aware of issues like what we are all dealing with in order to comprehend the importance of hygiene. And simple handwashing! Good luck to everyone who has delt with this or any other infectious disease, and thanks to everyone for letting me know we are not alone!
Lynne // Mar 21, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I have to say people have misunderstood when I said you cant ‘get it’. obviously you can acquire it but people are talking about getting it like it is chicken pox or a cold or something. I meant it is not an ailment or a disease you catch, it is a infection. you can acquire infecions and the reason people wear gloves ect is so they dont carry it elsewhere. People are saying they had MRSA, like they say they had chicken pox or measles or something, it is not a disease in itself, it can conribute to causing illness by infection. Thats what I was saying.
Lori // Mar 21, 2008 at 6:04 pm
My son somehow contracted the MRSA bacteria. He had an abscess in his pelvic region, an epidural abscess that went from his L1 to his C1, necrotizing pnemonia, and the pleural space around his heart was infected with the bacteria. He never had any skin lesions and had been tested by a nasal swab 3 weeks before he got sick. I do understand that it can develop quickly. But the bacteria is very dangerous if not taken care of. We are not filthy people and we wash our hands and take our hygeine seriously. He never had any visable cuts or scrapes. It managed to get into his blood stream and cause serious complications. He spent 32 days in the PICU and another 7 on the pediatric floor after he was discharged he spent 6 months with a broviac for IV medication which we adminstered at home every twelve hours. After he had been home for 3 months he went back into the hospital with 2 gram negative bacteria infections in his blood stream. This created further complications because the MRSA bacteria is a gram positive bacteria so the same antibiotics would not work for both. I do understand that our case was rare but it can happen. It was not the intention of the media to cause a scare but rather to educate the community on how serious that ANY bacteria can be and to give the staff at the facility the credit they deserved and RARELY receive. They worked very diligently to find out what was making him sick and even at that it took 5 days. We felt very blessed to have our son at a facility that could intelligently care for him. There was several days that both the staff and myself thought he would not make it through. I can truly understand why people are concerned but it is our job to compasionately educate.
Anthony // Mar 27, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Well I am new to the MRSA deal to.. just got it about three days ago. This is nothing to mess with. I went in on Monday and I was told that I had a spider bite. By Tuseday morning I had a brite red line from my lower calf (were the infetcion started) all the way up to my groin. I went to the E.R. and got checked out. It was bad enough that I could hardly walk. I have been taking anti-biotics and its now getting better. I know I had it easy compared to alot of you.. but if you think you have it don’t hesitate to get checked… it’s not worth losing your limbs or worse…. good luck to all that have this miserable infection!!
maura music // Mar 31, 2008 at 8:27 pm
hi,thank god your son is ok! i heard about MRSA on the radio some school around my town had an outbreak…and had to close down the entire school for it to be cleaned…and now as i am researching it for a project i am doing about it for health,it looks TERRIBLE! i have never personaly got it but i am the type that knows alot about health considering i want to be a nurse. and i stumbled across Calebs story and read everyones comments and had to leave one.i am truely sorry for the healths problems your son has gone through and i hope it doesnt happen again.
Tracy // Apr 6, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Im going to the army reserve and tryin to one day become a doctor, so one day i hope to be able to cure this superbug, its just so sad that doctors arent doing anything more and the news arent sharing this kinda information to us people so that maybe one day we can stop this. i pray for you and much luck to you and to the people who do have this superbug!!
Tracy // Apr 6, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Im going to the army reserve and tryin to one day become a doctor, so one day i hope to be able to cure this superbug, its just so sad that doctors arent doing anything more and the news arent sharing this kinda information to us people so that maybe one day we can stop this. i pray for you and much luck to you and to the people who do have this superbug!! get well soon!!!
Krisana // Apr 22, 2008 at 12:43 am
My boyfriend got a tatto not too long ago and contracted som pimples, so we thought until he got a wopper on his rear end. It was big red knot of blood and puss. After that it went away. He then got two more tatto’s and one of them on his right leg is so infected that he can barely walk on it. He went to med center last week they gave him som antibiotics and sent him home saying it was staph infction. He went today for a check up & a different DR> is sayin MRSA & gave him even better anti biotics I wish they would just give him a shot for it. The only problem is he is elergic to pennicillin. Go figure!!! He is verry scared and thinks the worst! He did have it for a while before he whent to the doctor too! Just wondering if anyone knows what the chances of me contracting it from him?
Destiney // Apr 28, 2008 at 10:01 am
Hello everyone,
About 4 weeks ago, I had seen a little red spot on the top of my head right by my hair line, I thought I had dry head, being as it was winter time…So I went out and bought me some dandruff shampoo… well a week later it was still there and a lot bigger… so then I concluded that it was a spider bite, because my family seems to get them a lot.. a week later I went to the hospital for it, they told me it was an abscess, well now this week I went back and there was a doctor from Chicago there and he told me automatically it was MRSA.
I am waking up with my eyes and forehead swollen, I am on an anti-biotic, and a pain killer… it does’nt seem to be working. So TODAY I will be going back, and hopefully this time they do something before it spreads all over my body.
Kascha // May 5, 2008 at 1:37 am
Hello. I never knew that MRSA was so bad! I dont have it but my fiance got a 2nd degree burn on his leg and about 2 weeks later his leg was swollen 3 times the size as the other and he had a huge bump on it that broke open and started draining pus. we finally went to the doctor and they cut it open to let it drain further. the sad part is that about a month ago i had playfully bitten him and i accidently bit to hard and it got very infected and they diognosed him with cellulitis. they gave him antibiotics and he got better. they took a culture and never even bothered to tell us until we went in for this infection that his other infection was MRSA. does that mean i gave it to him? am i a carrier that is what is so called “colonized”? will he infect me because he didnt know he had it? i am pregnant. is it worst or a hazard for people who are pregnant? my only son is 1 and a half. should i watch out for him? please email me with some answers if any one with any medical knoweledge reads my comment.
kascha // May 5, 2008 at 1:39 am
my email is korn562004@yahoo.com
Destiney // May 5, 2008 at 7:52 am
Ok, so the conclusion.. I went back the the hospital because I couldnt afford the medication that they had prescribed me. The woman there told me ” Oh you really need to be taking your anti-biotic ” I said yeah I do know that, but it costs $112.00, and I am broke right now… and she said “well I can have you see the doctor and see if he can write you a different prescription for a cheaper anti-biotic.”I said, ” if I am going to sit here in the waiting room just to go back there, to have another doctor write me ANOTHER prescription that I CANT AFFORD, then I will just go home and suffer..
So I cried all the way out the hospital and on the way home.. but my husband had remembered that I had applied for medicaid for him,my son and myself.. so we decided to go down and talk to the caseworker and told her what was going on.. so she pulled out my file and she said she had not gotten to it yet, but she would TRY to get it done by the next day.. and we said ok thank you and left, hoping. Well about two hours later, I checked my phone, there was a missed call and a voice mail, it was her, she said she had gotten it approved, that I could come in and pick up my card the next day. Wow I couldnt believe it. Someone had the heart to stay after work and put me ahead of the rest of her work. After the hospital had treated me like shit. That made me feel great. So the next day I ended up getting the medicine they had prescribed me in the first place, im still taking it, and the bump on my head has really gotten a LOT smaller, so I think and hope it is going away.
But once the bump does go away.. should I be tested for it again or what should I do?
I feel so bad for anyone who has had or has this, it really is awful. May god bless you all.
-destiney-
Roxanne // May 5, 2008 at 11:37 am
Hello again, I am wondering has anyone had a relaps after it has gone away? And did you know that when your swab is clear, you should be tested for three consecutive weeks with neg results before you are clear? when I went in for number two the doc said I should always just asume I have it, you should do the same. Also anyone have rashes or burning throughout the body????
Destiney // May 5, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Oh, wow. I guess I need to go back then. Mine burnt a little.
I just hate to go back, Danville Ill. Hospital is a joke… you have to sit in the waiting room for 3 hours, then in the other room for 2 more hours.. plus they bill you for stuff that you never had done.. Just hate it.
destiney–
Your mom // May 6, 2008 at 10:23 am
Fuck you
Destiney // May 6, 2008 at 10:45 am
that really was’nt necessary, little kid, you need to do us a favor and go back to school.
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