Teppy that's so horrible for him and his family. And freaky. Lots and lots of Healing & recovery~ma to him.
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 22: You've got Angel breath
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
askye - Feb 23, 2005 6:34:32 am PST #2821 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Scrappy - Feb 23, 2005 6:34:33 am PST #2822 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Poor guy. Glad he is getting good care, but, yikes.
T-I have very dry skin and what works for me is slathering on baby oil IN the shower. Cheaper than the Olay stuff, seems to work better for me, and takes two seconds. If my skin gets really bad, I use vaseline, and do it right before bed (the baby oil works any old time) and wear long cottony pajamas.
-t - Feb 23, 2005 6:37:46 am PST #2823 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'll try that when I finish this bottle, Robin. Cheaper is good.
erikaj - Feb 23, 2005 6:38:24 am PST #2824 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
And my recovering Hypochondriac self is gonna have to stick my fingers in my ears and go la, la, la now. Or if I want to be truly evil, freak my dad, who once convinced himself he had a tipped uterus.
ChiKat - Feb 23, 2005 6:44:39 am PST #2825 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
OMG, Tep. That's insane scary.
my dad, who once convinced himself he had a tipped uterus.
BWAH!
Maria - Feb 23, 2005 6:56:41 am PST #2826 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Good grief, Teppy. That's just....wow. Words fail me. Recovery~ma is headed his way. Do they know where he contracted it?
In more pleasant news, I would like to take this moment to wish Lysana many birthday happies. Have a wonderful day!
Steph L. - Feb 23, 2005 7:00:12 am PST #2827 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Do they know where he contracted it?
Nope. Because it's not like catching a cold from someone. Strep A is what killed Jim Henson, because he didn't realize it was more severe than just a sore throat, and by the time he showed up at the hospital with pneumonia, it was too late. Henson didn't have the flesh-eating manifestation, though.
The flesh-eating manifestation happens when the patient has some sort of physical (external) trauma -- like a cut or whacking your arm and getting a bruise, etc. -- and so the bacteria rush to that spot and chow down.
Anne W. - Feb 23, 2005 7:02:14 am PST #2828 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The flesh-eating manifestation happens when the patient has some sort of physical (external) trauma -- like a cut or whacking your arm and getting a bruise, etc. -- and so the bacteria rush to that spot and chow down.
I think I am going to move into a padded bubble. Right now.
That's scary, scary stuff. I'm glad they caught it when they did, Tep.
§ ita § - Feb 23, 2005 7:03:14 am PST #2829 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The flesh-eating manifestation happens when the patient has some sort of physical (external) trauma -- like a cut or whacking your arm and getting a bruise, etc. -- and so the bacteria rush to that spot and chow down.
::faints dead away::
Wait, so it means that when you have strep A and get a bruise -- it can eat your flesh?
I think this disease taps into the same panic centres that leprosy does, and freaked me out as a kid. Your poor boss. And his entire family...
Topic!Cindy - Feb 23, 2005 7:05:45 am PST #2830 of 10001
What is even happening?
Wow, Teppy. That poor man. All my sensors are on FREAK OUT FREAK OUT FREAK OUT, right now.