mmyorkies ... thanks again for link to your site! I discovered an interesting thing in the "health" part! CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS ... I had never heard that word until a few years ago! We were working in Chicago and my husband had been way out away from the city to meet with a landowner who had a dairy farm. His schedule was really hectic that day and he didn't have time for lunch so he just zipped through a "fast-food" place and grabbed a burger. Late that afternoon he suddenly became
violently ill. He couldn't retain anything ... food, water ... nothing! This is really gross, but I didn't know that anyone could throw up or go diahrrea that many times ... he could hardly lay down before he had to run back to the bathroom! He was so sick that by the time I took him to the ER [about 6 AM] that he was dehydrated. This went on for days and the doctors took culture after culture and were so puzzled ... just couldn't tell me anything other than the fact that they couldn't find what was causing it! They just kept trying different medications trying to "hit" on one that worked! I was mortified ... I had never seen anyone this sick that didn't die!! As I was making arrangements to fly him home to a hospital in Birmingham [where I was familiar with doctors & reputation for success] the doctor called me ... very excited ... we
know what it is!! He said they rarely see it in humans ... CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS!!! They knew immediately the correct antibiotic to treat it with ... and right away he responded and began to improve! Later, as we recounted to the doctor [for the bzillionth time] every single thing he had done prior to getting sick ... he had met with the dairy farmer & they shook hands when he left there ... then he had that burger!! The doctor said it HAD to have come from the farmer OR a food server that had not washed their hands!!
We could never know which one gave him the germ since he never had a chance to wash his hands after touching the farmer's hand! From that day forward we are
never without a bottle of waterless germicide ... we have it in every vehicle, bathroom, kitchen, etc.!!
I cannot imagine if one of our babies contracted this nasty bacteria how horrible it would be nor how long these tiny little guys could survive!! So, everyone, wash those hands and wash them often!!! Our only problem now is VERY dry skin!!!
