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!
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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.
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
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.
Susan W. - Feb 23, 2005 7:09:30 am PST #2831 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Wow, Teppy. How scary and horrifying. Healthma to him.
Connie Neil - Feb 23, 2005 7:10:33 am PST #2832 of 10001
brillig
Oh, crap, burn-type treatments are--well, a day when you only scream yourself hoarse is a good day. Hopefully it's just a matter of protecting the arm, not cleaning hte arm.
Gudanov - Feb 23, 2005 7:14:32 am PST #2833 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Yikes, that's scary stuff.
Steph L. - Feb 23, 2005 7:18:13 am PST #2834 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, crap, burn-type treatments are--well, a day when you only scream yourself hoarse is a good day. Hopefully it's just a matter of protecting the arm, not cleaning hte arm.
Well, we didn't get all the details, but when they removed the skin from his arm, they did it via surgery, rather than the scrubby-type debridement. The dressings on it are moist, and intended to protect the arm as well as keep it clean and infection-free, so that there don't have to be any further skin-removing surgeries or scrubby debridement.
Lee - Feb 23, 2005 7:30:30 am PST #2835 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Damn, Teppy, that really is the stuff nightmares are made of, isn't it?