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adrielegorburu
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::kck329:: or other MRSA moms
adrielegorburu
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Your LO had a MRSA eye infection also??? Mine never had a clogged duct, she contracted the infection after her first eye exam two weeks ago. Were on isolation in the NICU, gloves and gowns but the nurses are pretty lax with us about it. We dont have to wear anything to carry her but I wear gloves for her touch times and to clean her eyes etc. Shes been on eye drops for a week now and still have some gross eye boogers and crusties everyday but way better than before. How long before yours stopped showing signs of the infection? Also we were told about being colonized etc but no one has told us about taking anti-biotics - what is the name of the medicine you guys swab? I want to look into it. Has your little one had the infection appear anywhere other than the eyes?
Other MRSA moms - how has MRSA affecting you guys? Do you have to tell daycare about it? What precautions if any did you take after they came home? How many of you are taking meds like kck329?
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Re: ::kck329:: or other MRSA moms
We found the MRSA after Cora's first eye exam as well. We did the whole isolation thing but they told us that my DH and I didn't need to worry about gloves etc because we were only touching her, not the other babies.
They found the MRSA in her eye initially because of the gross crusty discharge. But our neo and eye doctor said the discharge was also due to the clogged tear duct. Their explanation was that the clogged duct caused the discharge and then the staph grew in the discharge, making it worse. They did not treat it with anything while we were in the NICU, they said her eyes would clear up with her tears and the tear duct would clear up over time.
Before we left, they re-cultured her to see if it had gone away. This time they cultured her nose because there wasn't any discharge from her eyes when they swabbed (they could have waited an hour and gotten her eye but whatever). It grew MRSA again so now she is considered "colonized" which means she is a carrier of the infection but its not causing any problems for her.
We discussed it with our pedi at our first appointment on Monday because we were worried about it becoming an active infection for her or her spreading it to others. She said to not to worry too much about it spreading, about 40% of the population has it with no issues anyway. She also said if it causes an infection, it will most likely be a skin infection that would be easy to catch but is not likely since she doesn't have that now. As a precaution, we are all now on mupirocin for 10 days and then we will recheck for MRSA. If you do get your LO on meds, its best for you, your DH and any other caregivers to get it too so you aren't passing it around between you.
We won't need daycare until January so we haven't dealt with that yet.
Wow...this got long. Let me know if you have other questions, I can try to answer them from our experience.
Our precious girl, born at 27 weeks.
BTW Madison is adorable! I'm glad she has been doing so well lately.
I should add that Cora's eyes still get gross and need to be wiped a couple times a day. The eye doctor said its more related to the clogged duct at this point and it is a lot better than it used to be so hopefully it will clear up eventually. Apparently it can take awhile...like everything else, its about waiting for her to grow.
Our precious girl, born at 27 weeks.
Our situation was a bit different in that I was the one with the infection (c-section incision - awesome) and Sarah was only colonized (multiple times) in the NICU. But, because of that we spent the majority of her 16wk stay in isolation. I also spent additional time in the hospital, had abdominal surgery again two months after delivery, and spent months on IV antibiotics.
In the first year after DD was discharged, DH and I had multiple infections. DH's were both on his arms or legs and were cleared up with Bactriban/Mupiricin and oral Bactrim. I'm super lucky in that both of my infections were on my face and both had to be surgically drained. Sarah also had one abcess on her face that landed us at Children's Hospital for the weekend with IV antibiotics. It seemed like every 6-8wks, one of us had an infection.
Last November (Sarah had been home for a year) I went back to see the Infectious Disease specialist who'd followed DD thru the NICU and who'd consulted on my original infection. At that point, he treated both DH and me with oral Rocephin that is supposed to clear up any INACTIVE colonization (whereas the other meds we'd been taking were only working on the ACTIVE infections). He decided not to treat Sarah orally because of her age. We all three also used Bactriban/Mupiricin in our noses daily for two weeks and started to bathe with anti-bacterial bath soap periodically.
We've been infection free since then (Quick! Someone knock on wood!!) so hopefully we've broken the cycle. I will tell you that ANY little red bump that shows up on Sarah (in particular on her face or under her diaper) is immediately covered in Bactriban/Mupiricin until it's gone. She had a Roseola rash last week and some of the spots were open so we used the anti-bacterial bath soap on her.
I don't believe we've mentioned anything to her daycare, though we certainly would if she were to become infected (she was still at home with me the one time she was infected). We did change pediatricians recently though and we made sure that she knew all about it.