Staph. Infections a Common Yet Serious Problem: Re: Re: MRSA in surgical wound

» Shana2415 - Re: Re: MRSA in surgical wound

We have been dealing with this for about a year now. We own a tree service so at first we thought they were spider bites. Everyone on our crew had gotten one. When my husband got one we took him to the hospital we were told that it was a brown recluse spider bite. They lanced it opened and drained it and sent him home. He has since had only a few more and hasnt had one in quite awhile. While my son has been getting them for over a year now he has been treated with several different antibiotic. None of them have work. The last time he got one of these we were giving a prescription that cost almost $500. I though surely this is gonna work. Well it did for awhile he now has three on him at the same time. I dont know what to do. He is otherwise very healthy and has never had surgery. I dont have insurance and while we do make good money I dont have the money to pay for a Infection Disease Doctor. Is there any kind of charity that helps with this. I dont know what else to do for him. He has not been diagnosed with MSRA but from what Ive read here today it sounds like thats what it is. From time to time the rest of us will get one but nothing like my son deals with. I feel for everyone that has to deal with and I know how painful they are. I have had two myself. The only thing I can do for him is to either take him back to the hospital and let them put him on another antibiotic that isnt going to work or just keep him home and squeeze the boils till we get the core out of them. Can anyone suggest anything....

-- posted by Shana2415