What is Staphylococcus?

Staphylococcus is group of bacteria, familiarly known as Staph (pronounced "staff"), that can cause a multitude of diseases as a result of infection of various tissues of the body. Staph bacteria can cause illness not only directly by infection (such as in the skin), but also indirectly by producing toxins responsible for food poisoning and toxic shock syndrome. Staph-related illness can range from mild and requiring no treatment to severe and potentially fatal.

Why am I posting about Staph you might ask? Because I have it! Grrrrrrr! I went in for my surgery/removal of the sore on my leg last night. Leg is very sore today. When will the Dr. visits come to an end?

No one believes the amount of time we have spent in a hospital or dr. office in the last 3 months. Let me just outline the Pearce sickness outbreak for 2009:

January 15-17: Hospital stay for the birth of Rocco
January 19: 4 day old visit for Rocco
January 29: 2 wk visit for Rocco. diagnosed with yeast rash
January 30: 2 year old visit for Jillian
February 2: rash not going away. given stronger medicine.
February 8: ER visit. Rocco diagnosed with RSV
February 9-10: Hospital stay for RSV
February 16: Follow-up for Rocco's RSV
February 19: 6 wk post birth visit for me
February 27: Bryan's mom has heart attack. multiple visits to hospital
March 3: Jillian diagnosed with double ear infection/sinus infection
March 16: 2 month visit for Rocco
March 17: Jillian diagnosed with pink eye and ear infections
March 20: Bryan diagnosed with staph infection in his leg
March 25: Jillian diagnosed with ear infections AGAIN
March 26: Rocco diagnosed with pink eye
April 6: Ashley diagnosed with staph too.

THIS IS INSANE!!!!! WE HAVE TO GET BETTER! WE JUST HAVE TO!!! I am going to dump a big jug of Clorox all over my house. Maybe that will work??