Hi I home from the Hositpal!!

[macojoe]

Thanks all for your concern!!

I am home now after a 4 day stay at the hospital..
I guess what happened is that I got this little pimple on my neck that hurt like hell!! I tried to pop and it would not go?? But with out knowing it, it popped inward to the body. Being that I am a Diabetic I am prone to infections. Well from there it just started to grow in size. From a pimple on Friday to a 3” area on Monday!! But I just said it will be alright!!
Then Mon. night started fever and chills, “just give me some aspirin” I told my wife and I went to bed. Then on Tue. I had bad chills that just kept coming!! Felt like I was holding on to a Jack Hammer!! Wife said I calling the doctor!! I said NO! I will be fine I just have a bug or something?
Wed. Fever of 104.3, chills, can no longer move my neck!! Ok, Ok call the Doctor! Went to see him and he said you have an infection under the skin and we need to start you on a antibiotic right away!! And sent me home.
Fri. Still fever chills and neck hurting like hell!! Call the doc and he is not in. So the nurse said you might have to have that drained and it is too big to do here. Go to the ER and they will cut and drain for you. Ok this does not sound good to me but I go anyway?? When I get there they cut it open and must have been a quart of crap come out of it!! They give me IV antibiotic and send me home and tell me to come back on Sunday for a redrain.
Sunday I go back and they do what they got to do and send me home again. But I was not feeling good and the fever was getting worse as was the chills!! So Sunday night I head back to the ER and they admit me with some IV antibiotic again.
Mon. the doctors come in and check me out and have a specialist look at me and he said it was real bad and they would have to do surgery to open it all the way up to get the crap out! So they take me down to the op. room and start cutting!! What they found was that the infection was about 4 inches down and about 6 inches wide in the muscle of the neck! But he assured me that they got it all and I would have to stay in the hospital till fri with Iv to make sure that they kill it.
Well as you see I am doing better then they thought and they let me come home a day early!! But when they did the test on the sample they took they found that it is a Staph Worriers Infection and I will need at least 3 weeks of IV to make sure they kill the whole thing!! So I have a nurse coming to the house 2 times a day to give me my meds. I also still have this huge whole in my neck which is packed with some stuff and I will have to go to the doc. On Monday for a repack and this will go on for about 10 days before it will be closed up!!
So I am home and even though I will be kind of house bound its better then sitting in that Hospital!!

Thanks all Later!

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[DRUMCORPFAN]

glad your back joe

[fishsmith]

I have a nurse coming to the house 2 times a day

Way to go macojoe

[MAC]

Glad to hear you are home. Hope you feel better real soon.

[UserRemoved1]

holy crap Macojoe that not good, maybe the nurse will give ya a sponge bath or two while she there Glad you out and here's to a speedy recovery!

[fishaholic18]

Glad to here you're O.K. macojoe.

[Clammer]

Glad your home =rest up & watch the game===

[Katie]

Welcome Back..

[FishermanTim]

There's never anything good about staph infections.
I'm glad you're on the road to recovery, just hope that your nurse doesn't end up looking like Ms. Ballbrecker (from Porky's)
Enjoy the game Sunday, and GET WELL SOON!!!

[BigFish]

Better it happened now than during fishing season....don't want to miss those valuable days on the water.

[fishweewee]

*ouch* Man I hope you are feeling better!

I have my own horror story to tell you about a diabetic relative of mine who went in to have an infected foot looked at. It got infected after a hairline fracture. At the time my relative didn't even know she was diabetic.

The podiatric resident looked at the foot and tried to drain the infected pus by squeezing it out in the E.R.

Turns out the resident made it worse, and my relative almost lost her foot because of that screwup!

Needless to say, she is much more careful with anything that can lead to a major infection - even a little scratch.

[STEVE IN MASS]

Glad things are getting relatively better for ya! Just make sure they take care of it, and do what ya need to do. Get healed soon!

[izzy]

Better Jan 25 than Sept 25

Get well soon!!!!!!!!!!!

[Raven]

dont forget to eat some vitamin c too. Vitamin E oil will prevent a scar.

[fishin]

I would rather be fishin sounds bad... Need lawyer to sue let me know sounds as though they might have misdiagoned problem.
Hope you fel better soon

[Squid kids Dad]

Hey MJ...Glad your doing better..Same friggin thing happened to me about 3 yrs ago..except mine was on my left thigh near my..well you know..privates..I let it go and go and go..I'll get better..finally went to walk in clinic and they sent me to E.R.Kept me there for 6 days on I.V...Diabetic also..Just didnt know it until the hospital visit..Get better MJ

[JohnR]

MJ - you need an infection like that like a hole in....

OK - 'twas bad...

Feel better dude!

[Karl F]

Mend quick, Macojoe.

Glad to hear your home, and doing better.

[BigBo]

Raven, with a face like his, the last thing he's worried about is a scar!
WELCOME HOME HONEY!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, glad to have ya home and feeling better Bud.

[nor-easter]

Praise God you are getting better. Keep up the good work
and we will keep praying for you!

[Fish_n_Dive]

wow feel better

[Surely Bassey]

one heck of a story... glad to have you back among the those with only cabin fever.....

[beachwalker]

Happy to hear you are back. Rest up and take all the medication to make sure its all done.

Haven't heard a story like that one in a while

It is a good lesson for the rest of us.

Good to have you back

[Mr. Kav]

glad to hear your getting better. best wishes

[macojoe]

Thanks all!!

I have to wear a little bag 24/7 for the next 21 days. It has a I/V bag in it and a small pump. It comes on every 8 hours and pumps a dose of antibiotics in. Has to be refilled every 48 hours
I also get a vist from the visting nurse twice daliy to change the bandages on my neck.

So if everything goes right, I will get a clean bill of health and get detached from my I/V bag just in time for the big wing ding on the 21st!!

Now just have to figure out what I am going to do for 21 days?? I was going to build a new Fluke rod but with this pic line in my arm I have a litte bit of a hard time bending my arm?? I set a rod up and tryed and it don't seem like it will work out to good and I also have to carry this bag all around with me with 3 1/2 feet of line.

I can clean some reels as long as I am cearful not to get any of that crap on me.
I guess I will have to read and play with the puter!!

Later

[GBOUTDOORS]

Glad your on the mend MJ now you need a pile of fishing show tapes a pile of fishing Magazines and that may get you to next week!!!!!!!!

[chris L]

tums up !

[Goose]

Tough times don't last... tough people do. Follow orders

[Bliz]

Glad to hear you're doing better!...

Heal up for spring!...