tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post6256660273743967384..comments2008-10-15T22:15:36.898-07:00the Drunken Housewifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606104534453493304noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-35650743642021150232008-10-15T22:15:00.000-07:002008-10-15T22:15:00.000-07:00I wonder if one of those cool little heat guns they use for pimples would work on staph.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18123413735523666081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-91832258942733494532008-10-15T11:07:00.000-07:002008-10-15T11:07:00.000-07:00only one thing to say. Go here<BR/>www.staphaseptic.com They're offerin free samples. It's a life saver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-44644863438630247092008-10-15T00:53:00.000-07:002008-10-15T00:53:00.000-07:00Hello,<BR/><BR/>(This is not a comment on this specific post. I failed to find your email and therefore write you here instead. Please contact me by email. Carl@factualtv.com)<BR/><BR/>My name is Carl and I represent factualTV. A themed intereset web tv site. We were recently mentioned in an article in c21. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if you would consider mentioning us in your blog or just post a link? Is there a mailadress on which I could contact you? If so please let me know, I would like to send you some material and also answer any questions that you might have. <BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/><BR/>Carl <BR/><BR/>Carl@factualtv.com<BR/>http://www.factualtv.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-37447678455490864222008-10-14T20:30:00.000-07:002008-10-14T20:30:00.000-07:00Poor Lucy! The school totally overreacted. I had a child come to me saying he felt "puny" last week (his mother and I both find he's a little grandpa soul in an 8 year old body) and going to the nurse, she saw the staph infection on his knee. <BR/><BR/>The custodians disinfected the room with some Clorox, and everyone's been just fine. <BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about super hearing, though. We can holler for children to come to supper and no response. We can stand in the same kitchen and discuss moving to another city for job reasons and the kitchen is immediately full of hysterical teens. <BR/><BR/>Go figure. :-0Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00571974304103698871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-89644075415252600512008-10-14T17:03:00.000-07:002008-10-14T17:03:00.000-07:00Cool kids! Wow, I wish I have superpowers too.confessionsofaclosetcasehttp://confessionsofaclosetcase.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-24522389423162969862008-10-14T08:07:00.000-07:002008-10-14T08:07:00.000-07:00Your kids should have their own comic book.Davihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12132865704181220466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-88653443199259098782008-10-13T18:46:00.000-07:002008-10-13T18:46:00.000-07:00"...The bug can live on them long enough to give it back to us..."<BR/><BR/>And since cats often roam, they could get it from someone / somewhere else and then give it to you when they return. This makes them a transmission vector.<BR/><BR/>Stick with dogs! They're too smart to get MRSA and they only get fleas when they're around cats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-44456082479694221492008-10-13T16:31:00.000-07:002008-10-13T16:31:00.000-07:00There's a fair amount of research now on MRSA in humans and their pets (OK, our pets; me = cat-owner; umm, custodian; umm slave). The consensus is that we give it to them, not v.v. The bug can live on them long enough to give it back to us after a course of antibiotics is finished, though - so if you see any recurrences, it's not a bad idea to get your animals nasal swab cultures just to be sure.Maryn McKennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695106217486522993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-30130792425697373432008-10-13T09:42:00.000-07:002008-10-13T09:42:00.000-07:00Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive cocci that forms clusters, which means that on a Gram stained slide, it looks like little clusters of purple grapes. Poor Lucy, that sucks.Captain Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11922101498348137121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-13249231251575612342008-10-13T09:00:00.000-07:002008-10-13T09:00:00.000-07:00This is awesome. You could totally be making money from this.<BR/><BR/>(Sorry I've been involved in a teleclass lately where the teacher makes oodles of money from her blog and it seems to have warped my thinking)Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18123413735523666081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324039.post-14096616517293332252008-10-13T07:33:00.000-07:002008-10-13T07:33:00.000-07:00We dealt with a bit of the MRSA ourselves this year. The Oilybeauhunk had it on his waistline. It had to be lanced, drained and stuffed with cotton. 6 weeks of varying antibiotics and me following him everywhere with the Lysol can and hand sanitizer, later, his scar is still highly visible - but no one else got sick. Not even the cats. ;) Good luck!kailahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12850561966367666264noreply@blogger.com