Three cheers for Alexander Fleming
It's been a bit of a rough couple of weeks in the land of the Deep Fried which started with the big grown up (step) daughter's sarcoma surgery and then progressed to complications and an emergency dash to the hospital over the weekend.
An infection in the surgery site led to septicemia and septic shock.
Septicemia is an infection of the blood, also known as blood poisoning. It occurs when a bacterial infection in the body enters the blood stream. In her case it entered via an infection of the drainage tube.
This resulted in septic shock which can be very dangerous and potentially life-threatening. She was certainly in a bad way, that's for sure. "Death's door" is a term that comes to mind.
But thanks to the wonders of antibiotics and another urgent surgery to clean out the surgery site, she's managed to pull through and is now at home being nursed by her mum.
So today I thought I'd give a shout out to Sir Alexander Fleming, the Scottish dude who discovered Penicillin which has lead to the development of other life saving antibiotics. It's pretty safe to say that mass doses of intravenous antibiotics saved her life.
I know there's a lot of controversy surrounding antibiotics and their over-use in everyday treatment, as well as their use in food producing animals. But if ol' Alex hadn't stumbled across penicillin in September 1928, then sepsis would still be claiming far too many lives.
When was the last time you had antibiotics?
Ever had a run-in with septicemia?
Has there been a discovery or invention that has saved your life?
It's been a bit of a rough couple of weeks in the land of the Deep Fried which started with the big grown up (step) daughter's sarcoma surgery and then progressed to complications and an emergency dash to the hospital over the weekend.
An infection in the surgery site led to septicemia and septic shock.
Septicemia is an infection of the blood, also known as blood poisoning. It occurs when a bacterial infection in the body enters the blood stream. In her case it entered via an infection of the drainage tube.
This resulted in septic shock which can be very dangerous and potentially life-threatening. She was certainly in a bad way, that's for sure. "Death's door" is a term that comes to mind.
But thanks to the wonders of antibiotics and another urgent surgery to clean out the surgery site, she's managed to pull through and is now at home being nursed by her mum.
So today I thought I'd give a shout out to Sir Alexander Fleming, the Scottish dude who discovered Penicillin which has lead to the development of other life saving antibiotics. It's pretty safe to say that mass doses of intravenous antibiotics saved her life.
I know there's a lot of controversy surrounding antibiotics and their over-use in everyday treatment, as well as their use in food producing animals. But if ol' Alex hadn't stumbled across penicillin in September 1928, then sepsis would still be claiming far too many lives.
When was the last time you had antibiotics?
Ever had a run-in with septicemia?
Has there been a discovery or invention that has saved your life?
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Day 2793 - The Lovin Life Linky - Antibiotics Edition
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