MRSA Notes

This is the story of one lucky young woman.  Many of us know just how lucky she is.  From Pocatello Idaho State Journal

Allison Palmer thought she had the flu. She felt chills and spiked a high fever. In other words, she felt horrible.

Then it got worse.

At 18, a microbe that is literally everywhere nearly took her life.[…]

A quickly developing staph
infection filled Allison’s heart with large clumps, or vegetation, of
bacteria, which infected the inner lining of her heart and destroyed
one of her valves.

Then the bacteria spread throughout her body,
putting her at high risk for a stroke, organ failure and putting her
life at risk.

Allison’s heart was
pumping blood backward, she was short of breath, weak, septic from the
staph infection, drifting in and out of consciousness and her team of
caregivers at Portneuf Medical Center worked to save her life, juggling
her failing heart with a severe staph infection.

It was going to be risky, but they consulted her family and decided to operate.

Share This