What were they thinking?

[Myothername]

My neighbor has been very sick for a few weeks. Multiple health problems but right now she has been in the hospital for a week fighting a staph infection and also has MRSA. Two very bad bugs to have. She has 2 daughters, both grown and well educated women. One daughter has an 8 month old baby. They brought that baby to the hospital to see her!!! Oh but she didn't touch the baby she only kissed her. Have they lost their minds? I told the girl please don't take that baby back up there. If that baby gets what her grandmother has she will die. I don't understand what these supposedly educated people were thinking. Sure the grandmother didn't touch the baby (if you don't count kissing her) but the mother touched things and then touched the baby. I told the one girl if it was me I would even change clothes after seeing her in the hospital before I touched the baby. Now I am not a germaphobe by any means but they have signs on the door to her room to wash before and after leaving. Shouldn't that be a clue not to take a small baby in there?

 

[Goofyluver]

Many hospitals don't even allow infants.

Not sure why any parent would think it's a good idea to take a small infant, to see ANYONE, no matter what they were admitted for.

 

[bankgirl05]

My neighbor has been very sick for a few weeks. Multiple health problems but right now she has been in the hospital for a week fighting a staph infection and also has MRSA. Two very bad bugs to have. She has 2 daughters, both grown and well educated women. One daughter has an 8 month old baby. They brought that baby to the hospital to see her!!! Oh but she didn't touch the baby she only kissed her. Have they lost their minds? I told the girl please don't take that baby back up there. If that baby gets what her grandmother has she will die. I don't understand what these supposedly educated people were thinking. Sure the grandmother didn't touch the baby (if you don't count kissing her) but the mother touched things and then touched the baby. I told the one girl if it was me I would even change clothes after seeing her in the hospital before I touched the baby. Now I am not a germaphobe by any means but they have signs on the door to her room to wash before and after leaving. Shouldn't that be a clue not to take a small baby in there?

I agree with you, MRSA, which is a form of Staph is very bad, I have been hospitalized for it, and so has my youngest DD. We are now "carriers" and susceptible to it. My infectiuos disease Dr explained that EVERYONE has staph on thier skin, it is on every surface we touch,and that MRSA colonizizes in our nasal membranes, but some people's immunity to it is higher than others. That being said, would I take my 8 month old around it knowingly? NO! But, there is that whole debate of "under disensitizing" our kids too. I just make sure that my family follow our protocol of a special soap once a week (hibilclens) as well as an ointment that we Q-tip our nose with every 2 weeks. Proper handwashing and cleaning of the bathroom, razors, and other particularly germy places seems to help too. Our last trip to WDW 2 years ago,my 16 month old started with an abcess and fever on day 6 of our trip, I had to take her to Urgent Care for antibiotics. It is probably something we will never completely get rid of, no matter what we do or how cautious we are.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

My neighbor has been very sick for a few weeks. Multiple health problems but right now she has been in the hospital for a week fighting a staph infection and also has MRSA. Two very bad bugs to have. She has 2 daughters, both grown and well educated women. One daughter has an 8 month old baby. They brought that baby to the hospital to see her!!! Oh but she didn't touch the baby she only kissed her. Have they lost their minds? I told the girl please don't take that baby back up there. If that baby gets what her grandmother has she will die. I don't understand what these supposedly educated people were thinking. Sure the grandmother didn't touch the baby (if you don't count kissing her) but the mother touched things and then touched the baby. I told the one girl if it was me I would even change clothes after seeing her in the hospital before I touched the baby. Now I am not a germaphobe by any means but they have signs on the door to her room to wash before and after leaving. Shouldn't that be a clue not to take a small baby in there?

MRSA IS a staph infection...just very resistant. Would either of those be contagious by saliva? Or just from direct contact to mucous membranes and blood to blood? KWIM?

I mean...I wouldn't bring my baby, but if the doctors thought is okay I would think about it.

 

[wdwmom2]

You do know that MRSA is pretty much everywhere, right?!?!?! It's not limited to patients laying in a hospital bed hooked up to high powered IV antibiotics.

As long as you follow universal precautions, especially handwashing, you are doing the best you can to fight bacteria, of any kind.

Unless you live in a plastic bubble, you will be exposed, probably daily, to staph and MRSA.

I am frequently exposed to people who have been, through wound cultures, diagnosed with MRSA. I use universal precautions and go on with my life. Why??? Because I know that any door knob, shopping cart handle, salt and pepper shaker in a restaurant, etc, can likely be infected with those bacteria and worse!!!!

As far as taking a baby in there, nope, probably would have left the little bugger at home. But not because of staph or MRSA.

 

[RadioNate]

You do know that MRSA is pretty much everywhere, right?!?!?! It's not limited to patients laying in a hospital bed hooked up to high powered IV antibiotics.

As long as you follow universal precautions, especially handwashing, you are doing the best you can to fight bacteria, of any kind.

Unless you live in a plastic bubble, you will be exposed, probably daily, to staph and MRSA.

I am frequently exposed to people who have been, through wound cultures, diagnosed with MRSA. I use universal precautions and go on with my life. Why??? Because I know that any door knob, shopping cart handle, salt and pepper shaker in a restaurant, etc, can likely be infected with those bacteria and worse!!!!

As far as taking a baby in there, nope, probably would have left the little bugger at home. But not because of staph or MRSA.

Yeah - I agree. Both my kids have had MRSA this year. It is EVERYWHERE. My DS had it last year too. It has been cultured in both kids but Drs have never been overly concerned. Neither kid has been hospitalized. Almost all Staph infections these days are of the MRSA variety (the S stands for staph.)

While I likely wouldn't have brought the 8 month old to the hospital, I also wouldn't panic about it getting MRSA and dying.

 

[Hannathy]

I don't see a problem with the baby being there if they took normal precautions. Especially if the grandma was in there for something serious that they may not be coming out, or if the child was visiting from a distance.

It doesn't sound like it but maybe if they were in from out of town they had no where to leave the child. My infant spent days in the ICU waiting room (and thank you all the folks who watched him while I went in to see my Mom) also went to her room when she was transferred back to a room. He was 6 wks old barely. He alaso was taken into the ICU so she could see him when we weren't sure if she was going to make it.

They also lived with her, when she would come back home and I would stay to take care of her. She had MRSA and none of the children caught it. You do realize that Grandma may come home with it and no one but the family will even be aware of it.

 

[kerstfan1]

Yeah - I agree. Both my kids have had MRSA this year. It is EVERYWHERE. My DS had it last year too. It has been cultured in both kids but Drs have never been overly concerned. Neither kid has been hospitalized. Almost all Staph infections these days are of the MRSA variety (the S stands for staph.)

While I likely wouldn't have brought the 8 month old to the hospital, I also wouldn't panic about it getting MRSA and dying.

im sorry but mrsa can kill u because most antibiotic for it is resitant to the diseasetre

here people how have it and if u live on a pig farm u are always treated in isolation in the hospital

 

[RadioNate]

im sorry but mrsa can kill u because most antibiotic for it is resitant to the diseasetre

here people how have it and if u live on a pig farm u are always treated in isolation in the hospital

It CAN kill you. Yes. So CAN about a zillion other things. Yes it is resistant to many antibiotics. In all 3 cases my kids have been sent home with the correct antibiotic and that was that.

Panicing isn't really necessary. It isn't like this baby was touching the Grandmother's open wound.

Take a bath, wash your hands. Go to the doctor if you have any skin infections so they can be treated before the infection enters the blood stream. Be aware. Not paranoid.

 

[wdwmom2]

im sorry but mrsa can kill u because most antibiotic for it is resitant to the diseasetre

here people how have it and if u live on a pig farm u are always treated in isolation in the hospital

Can it kill??? Yes! Does it usually kill??? No!!! Yes, it is resistant to some of your common, first line of defense antibiotics such as your cillins and cephalosporins. But there are still antibiotics that most MRSA is suseptable to. A very common antibiotic for MRSA is Bactrim, a sulfa drug. Also used are clindamycins, vancomycin, and doxycycline.

There are many things that will earn you isolation in a hospital, including but not limited to scabies, lice, impetago. If you have anything that is contagious, you are isolated!!!

And what does living on a pig farm have to do with always being in isolation?

 

[dakcp2001]

I would not take a baby to see anyone with any infection. Too risky for the baby and their immune system. Is mrsa everywhere? Yes! Would I purposefully risk bringing a small child anywhere near a known infection? Or all the other germs floating around the hospital? Heck no! Sometimes a little common sense can go a long way. Running into germs in everyday life versus purposefully exposing the baby to a known infection is different.

Wash your hands people! lol

My sister in law however, decided to go see a friends new born baby while her children had scarlet fever All I could think was keep your germy self AWAY from the babies! Yikes. If you or anyone in your family is sick, stay away from the babies!!!!!

 

[Kellydelly]

I would worry more about the potential to get the flu than MRSA. Infants don't belong in the hospital for visits, especially during flu season. JMHO . I am a nurse who occasionally has a pt with MRSA and it doesn't concern me near as much as the pts who are isolated for bed bugs .

 

[dakcp2001]

Can it kill??? Yes! Does it usually kill??? No!!! Yes, it is resistant to some of your common, first line of defense antibiotics such as your cillins and cephalosporins. But there are still antibiotics that most MRSA is suseptable to. A very common antibiotic for MRSA is Bactrim, a sulfa drug. Also used are clindamycins, vancomycin, and doxycycline.

There are many things that will earn you isolation in a hospital, including but not limited to scabies, lice, impetago. If you have anything that is contagious, you are isolated!!!

And what does living on a pig farm have to do with always being in isolation?

I am also curious?!!!!!

 

[kerstfan1]

I am also curious?!!!!!

pigs are almost 50% carriers of mrsa thats why the people who live on a pig farm here have to be in isolation in a hospital

 

[wdwmom2]

pigs are almost 50% carriers of mrsa thats why the people who live on a pig farm here have to be in isolation in a hospital

Wasn't aware of that. See, you learn something new every day!!!

 

[dakcp2001]

Wasn't aware of that. See, you learn something new every day!!!

Haha I was just going to say that!

Not many pig farmers here in my neck of the woods. lol.

 

[CurlyGirl]

When my Grandmother was in the hospital after a mini stroke 2 yrs ago, they wouldn't even let my 14 yo nephew up to see her. I can't see a hospital allowing an infant in to see patients, especially someone with MRSA.

 

[RadioNate]

I would worry more about the potential to get the flu than MRSA. Infants don't belong in the hospital for visits, especially during flu season. JMHO . I am a nurse who occasionally has a pt with MRSA and it doesn't concern me near as much as the pts who are isolated for bed bugs .

Wanna hear

My son 1st got MRSA after being bitten by bed bugs in a hotel in Georgia.

I don't think the bugs themselves were carriers but the open sores certainly made him susceptible.

I'm actually wondering about the pig connection because we were at my cousin's farm when he still had sores from the bites. They don't have pigs but they do have horses and chickens. And there could have been pigs at one point.

 

[Myothername]

I don't see a problem with the baby being there if they took normal precautions. Especially if the grandma was in there for something serious that they may not be coming out, or if the child was visiting from a distance.

It doesn't sound like it but maybe if they were in from out of town they had no where to leave the child. My infant spent days in the ICU waiting room (and thank you all the folks who watched him while I went in to see my Mom) also went to her room when she was transferred back to a room. He was 6 wks old barely. He alaso was taken into the ICU so she could see him when we weren't sure if she was going to make it.

They also lived with her, when she would come back home and I would stay to take care of her. She had MRSA and none of the children caught it. You do realize that Grandma may come home with it and no one but the family will even be aware of it.

The baby and grandmother see each other nearly every day at least when she is not in the hospital. There were plenty of people to keep the baby. And as far as the grandmother maybe not coming out of the hospital, that is a very real possibility in this situation. I still don't think that is a good enough reason to take a baby around something so dangerous.

 

[deegack]

I'm surprised the hospital let the baby in. My DD was hospitalized for RSV and no one under 12 I think was allowed in to see her and they had the universal protection sign on the door so the entertainment people, priests etc all stayed away.