Leg update #1 - Dressing Change - MRSA Staph Infection

[OMGgrl555]

I was sick in october and my skin was peeling EVERYWHERE and when i. Say everywhere i really mean it even my hands were peeling a while layer of my skin was turning white and then reeling off like a snake. It was so crazy! I went to a doctor and he said it was a staff infection. He said i got so lucky because most kids got really sick during a staff infection but i didnt get sick at all. I threw up 1ce and i was super itchy and my skin was soooooooo dry. I feel sorry 4 u

[MrVampirin25]

wow i just got out of the hospital because of something like that on my leg. it is the most painful experience. at least it was for me, two surgeries to get it out and they had to put me to sleep eveytime they changed the packing....i still have the wound open but its healing great. good luck and i didnt finish watching your video because i really didnt like that experience myself

[dwizzle12326]

dats nastyy...

[xXxReFoMxXx]

gag

[coomason5]

I'm studying Medical Office Assisting and learning about infections and so on. This very informative. Thank you for sharing. All the best toward a full recovery.

[jupiknight]

I had this on the inside of my thigh, terribly close to my lady-regions. I was never able to SEE the nurses packing it or anything, so it's rather neat to be able to watch what was going on behind my back.

[Chantal2010ful]

wow i cant belive you can to that its freckky lol :)

[Greatersend]

Question. When you shower do you do so with the tape covered? I'm so sorry that you had to go through this, but at least you are getting better.

[erinpickering]

@Greatersend I did not take a shower when I had this. I took a bath, and I kept the leg out of the water and washed around the area. I didn't shave around the area either. You want to make sure that you don't wash the wound IN the bath but separately like here in the video when you clean it. Washing it in the bath could spread the bacteria to other parts of the body - and could be dangerous if you had any open wounds in other places.

[sneakhead86]

does that cotton every get stuck in your leg :[ that is very disgusting. i can neevr imagine putting that into a wound

[randy602]

i think ima be sick

[SMTRodent]

I was quite surprised at how entertaining this video was, given the subject matter. You've got a good presentation style.

[PatheticPony]

i had mrsa in my finger and i hated it. and i dont have it anymore either haha ya it sux balls

[thekr3w17]

I currently have one on my leg, and it stopped me from walking for a couple of days until the doctor popped it. Thankfully, i am booked in to see a specialist in a couple of weeks!

[cjellwood]

wtf! MRSA is gay bollocks. Why everyone got it?

[GANGSTAELPASO]

Nice legs

[lesleyh2211]

Hey i have a question was it small and it was eatting away under your skin.. i have one the size on like a nickel on my leg but its hurts in different areas of my leg.. Its only been a week, how long did it take for yours to get to that size

[lesleyh2211]

Hey i have a question was it small and it was eatting away under your skin.. i have one the size on like a nickel on my leg but its hurts in different areas of my leg.. Its only been a week, how long did it take for yours to get to that size

[erinpickering]

@lesleyh2211 you might want to go to the doctor. MRSA is well known for having a redness around the affected area. And most of the time, it is an infection that began from an open wound... not all the time, but what yours sounds like it might be is a cyst or something. Mine turned real bad real quick - in just three days. But just to be safe, you should go to the doctor. Don't play around with it, especially if the swelling is increasing a lot.

[lesleyh2211]

Hey i have a question was it small and it was eatting away under your skin.. i have one the size on like a nickel on my leg but its hurts in different areas of my leg.. Its only been a week, how long did it take for yours to get to that size?

[39tommyboy]

i awoke one morning and found out i could no longer walk. after a few trips to the e.r. i found out i had staph infection of the bone. because my hip replacement worked loose over the years and got infected. it was the worst pain i ever felt. now im without a hip at all and a hole in my leg from the surgery. i stayed two months in the hospital and im finally home but wheel chair bound for the rest of my life. godbless.

[ponypaardje123]

sexy legs besides the wound on your leg. :)

and ouch you push that stick in the wound?!

i can't believe it :P

[erinpickering]

so, just so everyone knows, I am 100 percent better. There is a nice "dent" in my leg because the scar didn't heal smooth because so much "gunk" was taken out. Maybe one of these days i will post a video of what it looks like now.

[stayhighhh]

i pray it healed up well. take care

[WingsOfFusion]

I wonder why i keep watching these.

I'm not really enjoying this stuff. O.o

[RiPcOrDz83]

Was It really Painfull When The MRSA Started??

[qizzabelle93]

wow!

idont noe yew,

but im proud of yew,

[TheFoxandTheRabbit]

so, how are you now, hope okay. oh- a spider bite ! so sorry !

:( so better now i do hope.

[SecondsToTwelve]

I think that keeping you leg straight through the process of sticking in the Q-tip would have probaby make it go deeper.

[erinpickering]

believe it or not, I couldn't straighten my leg all the way until one month after the surgery... what you see here is about as straight as I could have it due to the trauma.

[yoko123usca]

omg ..

[gottabekt44]

Boo hiss for gaping leg wounds:( Yay for percocet :D

[TRoderick]

Ouchhh :(

[06205982152]

Very Stonrg Gril.OMG:S

[erinpickering]

thanks... really, I was just numb from the nerves being cut.... I wasn't "tough" or anything.

[OMNOMMOUSE]

@erinpickering Eh, you were tough to STOMACH that. ;3 Don't sell yourself short.

[erinpickering]

@OMNOMMOUSE Honestly, if the nerves had been healed, I couldn't have been able to do it... but because it was so numb... I was able to do it myself.

[U3X6785]

Nice leg besides the wound :)

[erinpickering]

@U3X6785 ha - thanks, I think :)

[klindatheau]

My ex-GF had MSRA from a car accident and i did her bandages. I popped her MSRA on her forearm - and it came out well and had to drain it a couple times over a week. Had her arms sanitized over a week and everything came out right... She is fine now but has a mild scratch where the openings were.

[PeerlessPikachu]

one summer in 2nd grade i get about 3 of these, and they hurt really bad! especially where u have them, thats a really sensitive part of the body. thank god i was a lot luckier than most of the people on youtube and all i needed was anti biotic and it dissapeared.

[Quincy111]

ouch you poor woman =[

[therealKINDLE]

You Do that well. I pack my wound (From a cut out Fistulae) everyday 3 times & your technique is a really good one.

What Drugs you on? Oh.. It's all company Brands over there isn't it?

Instead of Just saying "Tramadol" or "Codeine Phosphate" etc.

[erinpickering]

I was on percocet for the pain

[therealKINDLE]

Just like i thought! Brand Names! percocet is Oxcodiene (You call it Oxycotin) & Paraceetamol together. Oxy is what I'm on aswel. 40mg, Co-Codamol 30/500mg (x2 tablets) Diclonfenac 50mg, aswel as Auromorph Liquid 10/5mg & Fentanyl Lollies 400mg.

I Recommend changing your Aquacel Ribbon (2 X 45 CMs) to Sheets which are 15 X 15 cms. That way, you can cut different sizes out of it. That's if you haven't heeled already.

Take care.

[erinpickering]

haha, I've been healed since mid November of last year. THanks for the info! :) I got a nice nasty scar, though! BOOO.

[therealKINDLE]

Ah don't worry about that my dear! Haven't you heard? Tatoos are so last year! Scars are the 'in thing' now!

[oasnbaoj]

se te fue de las manos

[MandyMeinTeubchen]

I come from Germany which am that??? please a message sends to me

[gabyybbyy]

damn she a beast

it dont hurt her or nothing

[samtn1]

sexy legs

[erinpickering]

@samtn1 haha, thanks

[NickGoesR0aor]

windex FTW

[UltimateBiohazard]

Chick ure are a die hard girl whow if i got the i never put it out hehehe

[okctinker77]

MRSA is commonly mistaken for a spider bite. Everyone carries staph as a normal flora in the nose. Mrsa just happens to be a strain or type of staph that has become resistant to the -cillin med family.

[GABEBRYMER]

you get it by not washing and getting yourself clean!happens to people that play sports more then anybody!you can get it jus beacause you can be a carrier

[karlaruiz42]

o m g

[erinpickering]

yeah, I am a very clean person, and I don't really do sports... must be just because I was a carrier.

[zeldagirlz]

did u have mrsa?

[lockette21]

I had MRSA and while the doctors does lance, there is NOTHING!!! no meds and it hurts so badly.

[zeldagirlz]

ouch thats got to suc....i never had it.....

[gately66669]

this was from a spider bite?

[blade83336]

how do u get a Staphylococcal infection aka a staph infection?

[ukrides]

she got from a spider bite

[abidinglaughter]

I got my knee drained today, yes it was incredibly painful, and no i didn't get any pain medication for it.

[emtpmpknhed]

Aw, I'm sorry. I know your comment is from two months ago, but I hope you healed okay.

[carrieluvv]

did they give you a painkiller while they were clearing it out? Ive seen and heard of people that got similar cysts,boils etc. with no paid meds and said it was excrusiatingly painful

why wouldnt they give the patient something for the

pain????????????

???????

[erinpickering]

Well, when I had surgery, they put me completely under. They had to scrape out a LOT - going all the way up into the back of my thigh. The doc said he hadn't seen that bad of a case in a long time and that if I hadn't done anything about it, I would have lost my leg. So... of course they gave me pain meds during surgery... but afterwards, I was on Darvocet for the pain. But didn't need it the last 3 weeks because my leg was so numb in that area. So, during this video, I wasn't on pain meds.

[carrieluvv]

well...thank god your doing well now :)

[wacky5512]

Thats gross

[melmovielover09]

very informationable

[Luv2Surf2008]

IN-CREDIBLE. Just completely disgusting. And I love it! The human body amazes me - what we can do, what we put our bodies thru! It is incredibly exhausting for the human body to have an open wound like yours. And what I had after my surgery. Anyway, I'm praying for you, hun. I'll talk to you soon!