Has anyone seen or spoken to KevinP73 recently?

His shop phone has a slightly disturbing greeting on it and I seem to be out of date with all my other contact numbers. Anyone talked to him since Friday?

[fingpilot]

I get by his shop fairly frequently. Was there last week. He has a couple of projects going.

What was the shop message? His sense of humor is almost as dry as mine....

Some medical emergency and being out of the shop for a couple days. Not like him at all.

[slodave]

I have been out of the country, but I know he has been complaining of coughing/chest issues. I hope all is well with Kevin.

Dave

[Joeaksa]

Same here... hope he is ok. Anyone hear from him lately?

[KevinP73]

Thanks for the concern guys (and Dr.) I fell off the map for a minute there. Let me tell you whats up.
Last Monday evening I noticed a very tiny welt on my stomach. It wasn't even the size of a pencil eraser but it burned a little when it was touched. Tuesday I woke to find some swelling and redness in the area. I figured I had picked up a sliver or something but couldn't see anything in the wound. I applied some warm compress and started to pay close attention to it. Wednesday the redness darkened and the swelling grew. Thursday I woke to the most excruciating pain you can imagine. I took myself to an urgent care clinic. I thought that perhaps I had been bitten by a spider or something. The good Dr. walked in removed the bandage and very calmly says "Well thats not a spider bite". He brought another Dr. into the room and they both poked and squeezed and finally one of them said "What we have here is M.R.S.A. and we're going to turn you over to someone who can help". Things start getting a little hectic. I'm taken to another Dr.s office here in the valley and he confirms the diagnoses. He says the only way to treat it is to open up the infected area and clean it out and start a treatment with antibiotics. Thursday pretty much was a blurr from there. Friday, Saturday, Sunday I was in bed asleep.
I returned this morning for further treatment and the Dr. says he's not satisfied with my progress and will have to go back in and do it all over again. That will be tomorrow morning at 9:30.
The site is on my belt line so any movement causes the would to flex and the pain is almost beyond description.
I have no idea how long this is going to take to run it's course but I know I'm ready for it to be over with. The only half way good news is that the Dr. owns a Porsche so maybe I'll be able to work off some of the expense as I don't have a dimes worth of insurance.

[dd74]

So what is it? How'd you get it? I told you to stay away from those nasty tranny hookers on Sepulveda Boulevard.

[speeder]

MSRA? Anyone?

[masraum]

Google is your friend.

From Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methicillin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (usually pronounced in short as "Mursa", alternatively as "Mister Sa"), is a bacterium responsible for some difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It may also be referred to as multiple-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA). The organism is often sub-catagorized as community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) or hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA) depending upon the circumstances of acquiring disease, based on current data that these are distinct strains of the bacterial species.[1] MRSA is a resistant variation of the common bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus. It has evolved an ability to survive treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics, including penicillin and methicillin.[2] MRSA is especially troublesome in hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections. In hospitals, patients with open wounds and weakened immune systems are at greater risk for infection than general public. Hospital staff who do not follow proper sanitary procedures may inadvertently transfer bacterial colonies from patient to patient. MRSA was discovered in 1961 in the UK. It is now found worldwide. MRSA is often referred to in the press as a superbug.

[dd74]

Yeah, I heard that's been going around.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by masraum

Google is your friend.

From Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methicillin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus

Oh, KRAP! Staph...Kevin, I'm hoping for the best. Hope you bought some very baggy trousers and suspenders...

[tabascobobcat]

My 2 year old son had this in July-August before the big outbreak. Took them until after it was healed ( and 3 ER trips, 2 mtg's with specialists, and countless visits to the ex-Pediatricians) before they could figure out what it was. Seems that they weren't looking for it. They had initially diagnosed it as possible cat scratch fever, but the labs came back negative. Good luck and be patient. His grew back 3 times before they decided to remove a little tissue with it. I ad to unpack and repack the wound daily. We had to force feed him the most nasty tasting/smelling antibiotics with a syringe. Needless to say most of it ended up in my face along with his lunch. Treat yourself right. Do not try to come back to quick for fear of a recurrence.

[Brillo]

Hey Kevin,

Sorry to read of this. I hope they get it this time around. Take care.

[john walker's workshop]

mrsa can turn into necrotizing fasciitis according to my wife who works at group health. forget working and deal with this full time, if you haven't already figured that out. best of luck for a quick recovery!

[KevinP73]

Let me be clear There will be NO necrotizing of MY fasciitis or any other parts for that matter. The girls at the Rhino would be soooooo dissapointed.
Truth of the matter is that I haven't ever even stepped foot into the Spearmint Rhino.....but I know a couple Pelicans who have.

[450knotOffice]

Jeez, Kevin! My wife works as a neo-natal intensive care nurse and she's always very concerned about any sort of Staph infection. Take good care of yourself and don't rush it please.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by KevinP73

Let me be clear There will be NO necrotizing of MY fasciitis or any other parts for that matter. The girls at the Rhino would be soooooo dissapointed.
Truth of the matter is that I haven't ever even stepped foot into the Spearmint Rhino.....but I know a couple Pelicans who have.

Good friend of mine lost her husband to this crap. This is your top priority until its healed, cars and work can wait.

As well, to hell with the girls at the Rhino and dammit stop going down to TJ town and the donkey shows!

Joe

[KevinP73]

Headed to Dr. office right now. I'll check back in later.
Thanks for all the well wishes and good natured ribbing.

[rammstein]

Originally Posted by KevinP73

He brought another Dr. into the room

Its a crappy moment when they pull in Dr #2.

From the Wikipedia article, it would appear this is all the fault of those damn redcoats!

[pwd72s]

Kevin, please do keep us posted whenever you can. After all, we're kind of a family here... Wishing you the best!