September 4, 2012
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Fergal is home!
The doctor discharged him yesterday (Monday! A day early!) after he had been given his iv for the day. He has to travel in to the pediatrician's office every day for five days now to get 500 mg of antibiotic by two shots. I guess he really screams through the process. That's a LOT of stuff for a little guy to have shot into him, but much better than an iv and a hospital room. After the treatment is up they have to take him to the lead pediatric infectious disease doctor to get the all-clear from, which I'm sure will involve more blood tests.
Absolutely no idea where he might have picked it up from. No snakes, turtles or reptiles in the house (geckos that randomly come in the house don't count we were told) so the source is most likely another person, probably an adult. I guess that is more common for this strain of Salmonella than an infected surface. Just to be safe we all have mopped and bleached our floors and tables.
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Wonderful!
I am confused over how it is transmitted by an adult. Wouldn't the adult have handled something contaminated, such as food? It's not like the bacteria live inside a person, and gets transmitted through kisses. Or, are some people carriers? After a bunch of reading, the scenario I come up with is in a daycare situation, transferring from a sick baby to a healthy baby, via a diaper change, or through contaminated formula. I will do more reading on this ... Serious stuff!
Glad to hear you have all taken precautions
. @OnTheHoof - Lack of hand washing is what they said is the most common cause. Adults can get salmonella and not really be fazed by it, you know the person that says 'I got a touch of food poisoning" while standing there talking to you. Adult bodies flush it out quickly in most cases because our system is large enough to handle it. Babies have a much harder time of it. Plus we found out there are hundreds of strains of Salmonella and some are stronger than others. They have not narrowed it down to the final strain but I think they have it narrowed to a family group. And yes, people can be a carrier. I didn't know that.
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