So I really havent been keeping on up my blog posts and in need of back dating a few of them. Ive kind of been out of service for a month now, September didnt start out to good for me. It all started when I got MRSA. I was sitting at the station one day looking at my left arm wondering what this zit looking spot was on my arm. A few of the guys at the station said it looked like a spider bite. Great just what I needed, well it started to swell more and began to hurt. Went into the ER that night and asked one of the RNs what she thought it was. With out hesitation she said MRSA. With this confirmed we went over to minor care and had the MD look at it. She picked and squeezed at it, took a culture and sent me home with some Bactrim. Later that night the swelling got real bad and I couldnt straighten my arm out. I went back into the ER and this time they decided to cut my arm open and let it drain. After some Demerol and Phenergan I was feeling no pain and on cloud 9. To make a long story short the Bactrim wasnt doing its job and the infection spread up my arm. I got admitted to the Hospital and underwent several dosages of Vancomycin. This helped a lot and boy was I glad because it hurt really bad and well just looked bad one arm swelled up. Let me tell you being off of work for over 2 weeks was a drag. I was so bored and ready to get back to work. To make things worse my room mate was in Texas helping with Hurricane relief and making big $ to boot. After the 2 weeks my wound finally healed up and wasnt draining anymore, I was released to return to work. Just in time to head to Texas with my company for Hurricane Ike. More about that later.
