We are pretty sure Olivia got MRSA at classic skating. Notice her short skirt without leggins (dad got her dressed). Lots of exposed skin to allow MRSA, a antibiotic resistant bacteria, to colonize on her skin.
Once you have been in contact with the bacteria it will stay on your skin unless killed by some very strong measures; regular soap and water will not do. Any time you get an open wound after you have the bacteria on your skin, it will infect the wound and it is resistant to most anitbiotics.
We went to classic on Mon. On Wed. she had what looked like spider bites. Thurs. we went to the doctors and started antibiotics right away. Fri. she had a HUGE infected area 4in. x 2in. that was very painful and very red. I can't imagine what it would have looked like if we had waited a few days!
Unfortunatly, after 15 days on the antibiotics, just before we started the bleach baths, she had a new wound and it started again. Another round are strong anti's. We had kept some of the leftover antibiotics and were able to start her quickly on them, thus the new infection didn't get as big. The bacteria had colonized on her skin, speading to new places. The only way to get rid of it is to put her in bleach baths 3x's a week for 6 weeks; and polysporin up all of our noses 2x a day for 5 days.
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It's been fun to catch up on your blog but this is so sad what happened to Olivia. So sorry. I will totally keep that in mind. Good luck for the next 6 weeks keeping that bacteria away. I had never even heard of this before. Are all bowling places grooty? :) I'd be happy if they were.
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