Yet another skin infection

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In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb infections with

heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a splint; a lump full of gunk behind

her ear that the doc cut out; a finger infection; a huge cut on her finger and

now this one. She called yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told

her to call the clinic and see if they would order something over the phone.

They called today and said they want to see her because this doc hasn't see her

with an infection (just changed docs) so she had an appt for 5 tonight. I came

home when she got in from university and she showed it to me. This was not a

typical cellulitis for her but a huge circle with purple core, elevated, red

bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she had an appt or I would have taken her to the

ER. Her regular doc wasn't there but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked

at it and said we need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut it

open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

(I won't describe it further because it would make you sick). He was shocked at

how much came out. There was a ton of it and he kept milking it out to make sure

it all came out. He cultured it and said he expected it to come back MRSA so he

put her on Clindamycin four times a day.

She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the ooze to flow. She

has to hot pack it and let it ooze several times a day. Like I said, it was

quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just so frustrated on how to prevent these. She has a

sore on her finger that won't heal either. I am going to call her rheumy

tomorrow to let her know what happened and to check about taking her MTX this

week.

She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just wish we could find a

way to stop this from happening. This one is beyond gross. Any suggestions?

e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

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Poor Joe that sounds just awful and pretty gross too. Have they considered just

keeping her on preventitive antibiotics since her immune system is so weakened

by the drugs and the disease itself. Hopefully the rheumy will have some ideas!

She is in my thoughts.

Love always

(jas, 22... 23 in 4 days)

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Yet another skin infection

In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb infections with

heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a splint; a lump full of gunk behind

her ear that the doc cut out; a finger infection; a huge cut on her finger and

now this one. She called yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told

her to call the clinic and see if they would order something over the phone.

They called today and said they want to see her because this doc hasn't see her

with an infection (just changed docs) so she had an appt for 5 tonight. I came

home when she got in from university and she showed it to me. This was not a

typical cellulitis for her but a huge circle with purple core, elevated, red

bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she had an appt or I would have taken her to the

ER. Her regular doc wasn't there but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked

at it and said we need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut it

open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

(I won't describe it further because it would make you sick). He was shocked at

how much came out. There was a ton of it and he kept milking it out to make sure

it all came out. He cultured it and said he expected it to come back MRSA so he

put her on Clindamycin four times a day.

She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the ooze to flow.

She has to hot pack it and let it ooze several times a day. Like I said, it was

quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just so frustrated on how to prevent these. She has a

sore on her finger that won't heal either. I am going to call her rheumy

tomorrow to let her know what happened and to check about taking her MTX this

week.

She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just wish we could find

a way to stop this from happening. This one is beyond gross. Any suggestions?

e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

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,

I emailed e about this issue as has been through a lot of

skin infections and still has them. was put on Antibotic Therapy and

it did Great. But the Dr had her on 2 Antibotics so she could switch and the

body did not get immune to the Therapy. Still today she get's the infections

but we know now how to treat it. MRSA is nothing to play around with. There's

more to JA than Joint issues. It can affect the whole body. Hope this Dr will

shed some light on this issue for Jo and e.

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I have no idea but wanted to suggest something that will seem

entirely too symplistic. So forgive me if you have already thought

of this in other words!

I give Isabelle Probiotics every day to counteract all the times she

has had to be on anti-biotics. Much of our body's immune system is

within our intestines, and of course MTX suppresses the ability to

fight the numerous bacterial infections we are normally able to fend

off.

I realize it's not a cure for what you are dealing with, but I

figured I should mention it since " it can't hurt " . I give Isabelle a

half teaspoon of Children's Probiotic powder in her morning juice.

She also has Kefir or yogurt daily. I know it sounds too simple but

I swear it helps maintain some degree of immunity to bacteria and

viruses.

I'm in no way against antibiotics to do their magic, but just wanted

to mention that probiotics are an easy " home remedy " in addition to

treatment.

-Hadley (Isabelle, 3 yrs.)

>

> In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb

infections with heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a splint; a

lump full of gunk behind her ear that the doc cut out; a finger

infection; a huge cut on her finger and now this one. She called

yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told her to call the

clinic and see if they would order something over the phone. They

called today and said they want to see her because this doc hasn't

see her with an infection (just changed docs) so she had an appt for

5 tonight. I came home when she got in from university and she showed

it to me. This was not a typical cellulitis for her but a huge circle

with purple core, elevated, red bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she

had an appt or I would have taken her to the ER. Her regular doc

wasn't there but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked at it and

said we need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut

it open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

> (I won't describe it further because it would make you sick). He

was shocked at how much came out. There was a ton of it and he kept

milking it out to make sure it all came out. He cultured it and said

he expected it to come back MRSA so he put her on Clindamycin four

times a day.

>

> She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the ooze

to flow. She has to hot pack it and let it ooze several times a day.

Like I said, it was quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just so frustrated on

how to prevent these. She has a sore on her finger that won't heal

either. I am going to call her rheumy tomorrow to let her know what

happened and to check about taking her MTX this week.

>

> She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just wish we

could find a way to stop this from happening. This one is beyond

gross. Any suggestions?

>

> e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

>

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I will second the probiotic idea. I have several kids that are prone to

yeast problems and sometimes antibiotics start that off and start off

some bad diarrhea and the probiotics help tremendously. It doesn't cure

anything- just helps with the natural flora that should be there that

gets wiped out by all these other drugs.

Jinny (11, pauci)

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:10:45 -0000 " hadley_messner "

<hmessner@...> writes:

> I have no idea but wanted to suggest something that will seem

> entirely too symplistic. So forgive me if you have already thought

>

> of this in other words!

>

> I give Isabelle Probiotics every day to counteract all the times she

>

> has had to be on anti-biotics. Much of our body's immune system is

>

> within our intestines, and of course MTX suppresses the ability to

> fight the numerous bacterial infections we are normally able to fend

>

> off.

>

> I realize it's not a cure for what you are dealing with, but I

> figured I should mention it since " it can't hurt " . I give Isabelle

> a

> half teaspoon of Children's Probiotic powder in her morning juice.

>

> She also has Kefir or yogurt daily. I know it sounds too simple but

>

> I swear it helps maintain some degree of immunity to bacteria and

> viruses.

>

> I'm in no way against antibiotics to do their magic, but just wanted

>

> to mention that probiotics are an easy " home remedy " in addition to

>

> treatment.

>

> -Hadley (Isabelle, 3 yrs.)

>

>

> >

> > In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb

> infections with heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a splint;

> a

> lump full of gunk behind her ear that the doc cut out; a finger

> infection; a huge cut on her finger and now this one. She called

> yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told her to call the

>

> clinic and see if they would order something over the phone. They

> called today and said they want to see her because this doc hasn't

> see her with an infection (just changed docs) so she had an appt for

>

> 5 tonight. I came home when she got in from university and she

> showed

> it to me. This was not a typical cellulitis for her but a huge

> circle

> with purple core, elevated, red bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she

> had an appt or I would have taken her to the ER. Her regular doc

> wasn't there but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked at it and

>

> said we need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut

>

> it open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

> > (I won't describe it further because it would make you sick). He

>

> was shocked at how much came out. There was a ton of it and he kept

>

> milking it out to make sure it all came out. He cultured it and said

>

> he expected it to come back MRSA so he put her on Clindamycin four

> times a day.

> >

> > She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the

> ooze

> to flow. She has to hot pack it and let it ooze several times a day.

>

> Like I said, it was quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just so frustrated on

> how to prevent these. She has a sore on her finger that won't heal

> either. I am going to call her rheumy tomorrow to let her know what

>

> happened and to check about taking her MTX this week.

> >

> > She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just wish

> we

> could find a way to stop this from happening. This one is beyond

> gross. Any suggestions?

> >

> > e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

> >

> >

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e,

My sister that has chrones disease just had the very same thing that

you are talking about (even with sparing the details I know it's the

same thing.) Hers was located under her arm. She had to continue

with packing and changing the dressing til it cleared up.

It was staf infection. Apparently, there must be a carrier of it

within their family because they keep taking antibiotics and then

someone else will get it and the cycle starts over. (This has gone on

for a year and now the whole family has been on maint antibiotics and

getting tested to see who the carrier is)

My sister gets the worst of it probably due to her chrones disease

and immune suppressing meds.

Make sure Jo takes all of her antibiotics and that they really do

some deep cleaning at the dorm. This stuff spreads so easily.

(aundrea 12 systemic jra/gerd) -

-- In , bound for london <boundforlondon@...>

wrote:

>

> In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb

infections with heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a splint; a

lump full of gunk behind her ear that the doc cut out; a finger

infection; a huge cut on her finger and now this one. She called

yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told her to call the

clinic and see if they would order something over the phone. They

called today and said they want to see her because this doc hasn't

see her with an infection (just changed docs) so she had an appt for

5 tonight. I came home when she got in from university and she showed

it to me. This was not a typical cellulitis for her but a huge circle

with purple core, elevated, red bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she

had an appt or I would have taken her to the ER. Her regular doc

wasn't there but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked at it and

said we need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut

it open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

> (I won't describe it further because it would make you sick). He

was shocked at how much came out. There was a ton of it and he kept

milking it out to make sure it all came out. He cultured it and said

he expected it to come back MRSA so he put her on Clindamycin four

times a day.

>

> She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the ooze

to flow. She has to hot pack it and let it ooze several times a day.

Like I said, it was quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just so frustrated on

how to prevent these. She has a sore on her finger that won't heal

either. I am going to call her rheumy tomorrow to let her know what

happened and to check about taking her MTX this week.

>

> She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just wish we

could find a way to stop this from happening. This one is beyond

gross. Any suggestions?

>

> e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

>

>

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e

I hope you are not looking at a 'drug holiday' to let her immune system be able

to take care of these infections....but MRSA is scarey stuff...let us know when

the cultures come back...hope she heals quickly...

and Rob 18 JAS

Yet another skin infection

> In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb

> infections with heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a

> splint; a lump full of gunk behind her ear that the doc cut out;

> a finger infection; a huge cut on her finger and now this one.

> She called yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told

> her to call the clinic and see if they would order something

> over the phone. They called today and said they want to see her

> because this doc hasn't see her with an infection (just changed

> docs) so she had an appt for 5 tonight. I came home when she got

> in from university and she showed it to me. This was not a

> typical cellulitis for her but a huge circle with purple core,

> elevated, red bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she had an appt or

> I would have taken her to the ER. Her regular doc wasn't there

> but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked at it and said we

> need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut it

> open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

> (I won't describe it further because it would make you

> sick). He was shocked at how much came out. There was a ton of

> it and he kept milking it out to make sure it all came out. He

> cultured it and said he expected it to come back MRSA so he put

> her on Clindamycin four times a day.

>

> She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the

> ooze to flow. She has to hot pack it and let it ooze several

> times a day. Like I said, it was quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just

> so frustrated on how to prevent these. She has a sore on her

> finger that won't heal either. I am going to call her rheumy

> tomorrow to let her know what happened and to check about taking

> her MTX this week.

>

> She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just wish

> we could find a way to stop this from happening. This one is

> beyond gross. Any suggestions?

>

> e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

>

>

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No word on the cultures yet but from what I understand they take at least 24

hours to grow. She has to hold the MTX and if her Remicade were due they would

hold that. She is due on the 28th for the next infusion. Bad part is that she is

supposed to apply heat and milk the wound. It is hard as a rock and will not

break down at all. I am going to call the clinic on Monday to see what they want

us to do. I don't like the look of it and don't know what else to do. You can

also see some core thing but it won't budge or breakdown. EEK.

e

snooksmama@... wrote: e

I hope you are not looking at a 'drug holiday' to let her immune system be able

to take care of these infections....but MRSA is scarey stuff...let us know when

the cultures come back...hope she heals quickly...

and Rob 18 JAS

Yet another skin infection

> In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb

> infections with heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a

> splint; a lump full of gunk behind her ear that the doc cut out;

> a finger infection; a huge cut on her finger and now this one.

> She called yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told

> her to call the clinic and see if they would order something

> over the phone. They called today and said they want to see her

> because this doc hasn't see her with an infection (just changed

> docs) so she had an appt for 5 tonight. I came home when she got

> in from university and she showed it to me. This was not a

> typical cellulitis for her but a huge circle with purple core,

> elevated, red bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she had an appt or

> I would have taken her to the ER. Her regular doc wasn't there

> but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked at it and said we

> need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut it

> open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

> (I won't describe it further because it would make you

> sick). He was shocked at how much came out. There was a ton of

> it and he kept milking it out to make sure it all came out. He

> cultured it and said he expected it to come back MRSA so he put

> her on Clindamycin four times a day.

>

> She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the

> ooze to flow. She has to hot pack it and let it ooze several

> times a day. Like I said, it was quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just

> so frustrated on how to prevent these. She has a sore on her

> finger that won't heal either. I am going to call her rheumy

> tomorrow to let her know what happened and to check about taking

> her MTX this week.

>

> She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just wish

> we could find a way to stop this from happening. This one is

> beyond gross. Any suggestions?

>

> e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

>

>

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The wound is not making any progress. It is so painful to light touch, the area

around it is red, the whole thing is hot and hard as a rock. Just talked to the

clinic they want her in right away. So off we go to downtown Seattle again. Ick.

But hopefully they find a better treatment and the cultures are back and they

are not MRSA.

e

bound for london <boundforlondon@...> wrote:

No word on the cultures yet but from what I understand they take at least 24

hours to grow. She has to hold the MTX and if her Remicade were due they would

hold that. She is due on the 28th for the next infusion. Bad part is that she is

supposed to apply heat and milk the wound. It is hard as a rock and will not

break down at all. I am going to call the clinic on Monday to see what they want

us to do. I don't like the look of it and don't know what else to do. You can

also see some core thing but it won't budge or breakdown. EEK.

e

snooksmama@... wrote: e

I hope you are not looking at a 'drug holiday' to let her immune system be

able to take care of these infections....but MRSA is scarey stuff...let us know

when the cultures come back...hope she heals quickly...

and Rob 18 JAS

Yet another skin infection

> In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb

> infections with heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a

> splint; a lump full of gunk behind her ear that the doc cut out;

> a finger infection; a huge cut on her finger and now this one.

> She called yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told

> her to call the clinic and see if they would order something

> over the phone. They called today and said they want to see her

> because this doc hasn't see her with an infection (just changed

> docs) so she had an appt for 5 tonight. I came home when she got

> in from university and she showed it to me. This was not a

> typical cellulitis for her but a huge circle with purple core,

> elevated, red bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she had an appt or

> I would have taken her to the ER. Her regular doc wasn't there

> but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked at it and said we

> need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut it

> open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

> (I won't describe it further because it would make you

> sick). He was shocked at how much came out. There was a ton of

> it and he kept milking it out to make sure it all came out. He

> cultured it and said he expected it to come back MRSA so he put

> her on Clindamycin four times a day.

>

> She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the

> ooze to flow. She has to hot pack it and let it ooze several

> times a day. Like I said, it was quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just

> so frustrated on how to prevent these. She has a sore on her

> finger that won't heal either. I am going to call her rheumy

> tomorrow to let her know what happened and to check about taking

> her MTX this week.

>

> She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just wish

> we could find a way to stop this from happening. This one is

> beyond gross. Any suggestions?

>

> e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

>

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e - We're keeping our fingers crossed they find out what the heck it is!

I hope the Jo is okay...

Alia and Caroline, age 5, poly and uveitis

Re: Yet another skin infection

The wound is not making any progress. It is so painful to light touch, the area

around it is red, the whole thing is hot and hard as a rock. Just talked to the

clinic they want her in right away. So off we go to downtown Seattle again. Ick.

But hopefully they find a better treatment and the cultures are back and they

are not MRSA.

e

bound for london <boundforlondon@...> wrote: No word on the cultures yet

but from what I understand they take at least 24 hours to grow. She has to hold

the MTX and if her Remicade were due they would hold that. She is due on the

28th for the next infusion. Bad part is that she is supposed to apply heat and

milk the wound. It is hard as a rock and will not break down at all. I am going

to call the clinic on Monday to see what they want us to do. I don't like the

look of it and don't know what else to do. You can also see some core thing but

it won't budge or breakdown. EEK.

e

snooksmama@... wrote: e

I hope you are not looking at a 'drug holiday' to let her immune system be able

to take care of these infections....but MRSA is scarey stuff...let us know when

the cultures come back...hope she heals quickly...

and Rob 18 JAS

Yet another skin infection

> In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb

> infections with heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a

> splint; a lump full of gunk behind her ear that the doc cut out;

> a finger infection; a huge cut on her finger and now this one.

> She called yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told

> her to call the clinic and see if they would order something

> over the phone. They called today and said they want to see her

> because this doc hasn't see her with an infection (just changed

> docs) so she had an appt for 5 tonight. I came home when she got

> in from university and she showed it to me. This was not a

> typical cellulitis for her but a huge circle with purple core,

> elevated, red bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she had an appt or

> I would have taken her to the ER. Her regular doc wasn't there

> but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked at it and said we

> need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut it

> open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

> (I won't describe it further because it would make you

> sick). He was shocked at how much came out. There was a ton of

> it and he kept milking it out to make sure it all came out. He

> cultured it and said he expected it to come back MRSA so he put

> her on Clindamycin four times a day.

>

> She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the

> ooze to flow. She has to hot pack it and let it ooze several

> times a day. Like I said, it was quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just

> so frustrated on how to prevent these. She has a sore on her

> finger that won't heal either. I am going to call her rheumy

> tomorrow to let her know what happened and to check about taking

> her MTX this week.

>

> She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just wish

> we could find a way to stop this from happening. This one is

> beyond gross. Any suggestions?

>

> e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

>

>

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e,

Glad that you are headed into the clinic. It should have improved by

now. She may need IV antibiotics of some sort. Also they are likely

going to need to run other test since the cultures haven't confirmed

the type of infection that they are dealing with.

Let us know what you find out.

(aundrea 12 systemic jra/gerd)-

-- In , bound for london <boundforlondon@...>

wrote:

>

> The wound is not making any progress. It is so painful to light

touch, the area around it is red, the whole thing is hot and hard as

a rock. Just talked to the clinic they want her in right away. So off

we go to downtown Seattle again. Ick. But hopefully they find a

better treatment and the cultures are back and they are not MRSA.

>

> e

>

> bound for london <boundforlondon@...>

wrote: No word on the cultures yet but

from what I understand they take at least 24 hours to grow. She has

to hold the MTX and if her Remicade were due they would hold that.

She is due on the 28th for the next infusion. Bad part is that she is

supposed to apply heat and milk the wound. It is hard as a rock and

will not break down at all. I am going to call the clinic on Monday

to see what they want us to do. I don't like the look of it and don't

know what else to do. You can also see some core thing but it won't

budge or breakdown. EEK.

>

> e

>

> snooksmama@... wrote: e

> I hope you are not looking at a 'drug holiday' to let her immune

system be able to take care of these infections....but MRSA is scarey

stuff...let us know when the cultures come back...hope she heals

quickly...

> and Rob 18 JAS

>

> Yet another skin infection

>

>

> > In the past 3 months she has been to the doctor for 2 thumb

> > infections with heavy dose antibiotics, a trip to the ER, a

> > splint; a lump full of gunk behind her ear that the doc cut

out;

> > a finger infection; a huge cut on her finger and now this one.

> > She called yesterday said it was hot and red on her leg. I told

> > her to call the clinic and see if they would order something

> > over the phone. They called today and said they want to see her

> > because this doc hasn't see her with an infection (just changed

> > docs) so she had an appt for 5 tonight. I came home when she

got

> > in from university and she showed it to me. This was not a

> > typical cellulitis for her but a huge circle with purple core,

> > elevated, red bullseye hot inflamed. So glad she had an appt or

> > I would have taken her to the ER. Her regular doc wasn't there

> > but this one was good, kind, funny. He looked at it and said we

> > need to cut that out. So they numbed her with spray and cut it

> > open. It was disgusting--tons of ooze came out

> > (I won't describe it further because it would make you

> > sick). He was shocked at how much came out. There was a ton of

> > it and he kept milking it out to make sure it all came out. He

> > cultured it and said he expected it to come back MRSA so he put

> > her on Clindamycin four times a day.

> >

> > She has a huge hole but he decided not to pack it to allow the

> > ooze to flow. She has to hot pack it and let it ooze several

> > times a day. Like I said, it was quite nasty! EWW!!! I am just

> > so frustrated on how to prevent these. She has a sore on her

> > finger that won't heal either. I am going to call her rheumy

> > tomorrow to let her know what happened and to check about

taking

> > her MTX this week.

> >

> > She takes Prednisone, MTX and the big gun Remicaide. I just

wish

> > we could find a way to stop this from happening. This one is

> > beyond gross. Any suggestions?

> >

> > e, mom to joe 20 poly/lupus (aka rheupus)

> >

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