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Originally Posted by Rawn MD
U got screws in ya leg tho @ Frank Metts
No mri maybe CT or ultrasound
That's good no flesh eating lol
They got u on antibiotics?
I rmbr u saying it went septic, so they should be draining it already tbh
What was the initial cause tho? I rmbr u saying u had a fever n sh
If they need a consult u can have em call im on Call till my shift starts at 2200 (it's usually 2300, but there is an IR procedure scheduled that they need my expertise for) |
The cause was a MR child whom was trying to crush is larynx with his thumbs was intervened by yours truly and he started hugging my leg eventually digging his right fingernails into my left calf with a bowling ball type grip ... No blood at first but definite break of skin
3 days later I felt like I was getting a bad cold/flu temp was 101 ...that evening
I could barely move and my temp was 102.9 , wife wanted me to go to the hospital but she got me some DayQuil as a compromise ... The next morning my temp was 103.7 and she wanted to call 911 cause I was barely coherent but I told her if I took a cold bath I could break the fever so I layed in the bathtub and slept for 6 hours and she eventually called the hospital whom told her to get me to urgent care ( separate facilty associated with the hospital ASAP ) temp was 103.9 .. Got to urgent care whom said I had meningitis made me and my wife put on a masks and had an ambulance take me to the hospital when I got their I coughed up a little blood and they found I had strep as well .. Doctors were confused and they started taking blood cultures and wanted me to urinate and I couldn't, they were going to stick a big ass needle in my spine and right before I lost control of my bowels and my left leg became extremely hot at this point they thought I could be in septic show and started iv anitbotics and had my wife call the family because they didn't know if I'd make it ... All I really remember is coming to a few times and this priest holding my right hand praying for me, later he told me he stopped by every two hours and prayed I thought I was hallucinating but he was real ... Anyway when I finally like legitimately woke up about 60 hours after getting to the hospital I had 4 iv's in me at once and a diaper on and had to be told all this info I just told you also my left leg was about 4 times it's normal size and still extremely hot and at one point my white blood cell count was over 40,000, fever reached 104.5 at its peak and I was between 9 and 15% dehydrated and lost 29 lbs in 4 days ... They ran all kind of test on my organs because the antibiotics were given at such high rates they were scared some internal damage could of been done anyone I'm here and alive but 45 days later two cycles of very potent oral antibiotics and a normal white blood cell count finally back to normal ( 7,000 ) my leg is still swollen, skin is still peeling the dark redness is still in some spots and theirs still a ton of pain associated with cellulitis ... It wasn't till I left the hospital that I knew anything about sepsis and how severe it was ..