I just narrowly escaped widowhood...pretty scary

[grannylib]

My hubby thought he had the flu last weekend: mild fever, slight chills, the runs, some nausea. No big whoop, right? Didn't seem to ease, so I called the clinic.
"Yup, nasty GI bug going around, sounds typical. Fluids, rest, Tylenol. Spike in fever? No? Good. Having bowel movements? Yes? Good. Keep doing what you're doing and let it run its course."

Well, a 2:30 am trip to the ER later, and turns out he had an infected anal gland that had become gangrenous, and he is in ICU with his personals flayed open. He lost part of one butt cheek, part of his scrotum, some of the tissue in between those two, had half a vasectomy (fat lot of good that does me *lol*....) and was one sick guy for a while there. He has to have some reconstructive surgery, skin grafts and whatnot, and will be totally outta commission for at least a couple of months once he is out of the hospital.
Yikes.
I Googled "Fournier's Gangrene" and about lost my lunch over some of the photos and illustrations; NOT for the squeamish!
But anyway, he is about to be moved out of ICU and his chances of survival now look pretty decent, so YAY!

I have never seen anyone get so sick so fast in my life, from typical flu symptoms to half dead in a matter of hours, holy shit, so gang, take your health seriously and if you think you have the flu and you ALSO have a pain in the ass, get it into ER like RIGHT NOW!

[Dookus]

1. wow!

That sounds nasty! I'm glad he got help in time. Best of luck to you both!

[grannylib]

5. Thank you!

[NightTrain]

2. Damn!

Well, you didn't lose him. That's the important thing, right? :hug:

[grannylib]

6. Exactly so!

[Catshrink]

I'm glad he's okay, granny...

what a scare!

Okay, this is bad, but I want to beat ZombyWoof to it: Just goes to show, he's not a perfect ass.

[grannylib]

9. Thanks and *lol* Funny thing is, it was his ass that was my first glimpse

of him when we met, hee hee....I remember thinking, "If his face is as cute as his ass, I'm gonna go for it!" And 23 years later, here we are...

[latebloomer]

3. Oh, my Goddess, how awful!

What a dreadful story! Glad he'll be all right.

:hug:

[grannylib]

10. Thank you!

[darkstar]

4. Wow, grannylib

What a harrowing story! As bad as what your man went through sounds, I'm so glad it wasn't worse and that you were thinking on yr feet and got him to the clinic on time.

Are you ok? This has had to be a big stress out on you. Hope you're fine too.

Tell hubby I'm pulling for him to make a complete recovery.

Hang tough and let folks know if you need anything!

:hug:

[grannylib]

12. Thanks, Darkstar, it is appreciated!

[Maat]

13. Folks at the DU are very kind and supportive.

Never let it be said otherwise.

Thank God/Goddess/the One Energy!

Your husband will be in my affirmative prayer that he and Health will be One.

[grannylib]

17. Thanks so much - I have received so much love and support from DUers

through some trying times...
DUers rock, all there is to it.

[madrchsod]

7. wow! never heard of such a thing

take good care of him~~~

[grannylib]

14. I hadn't either, and was shocked to find out just how serious it was...

Doin' my best to keep him in the land of the living and LIBERAL!

[AngryAmish]

8. I hope he gets better asap

There are many diseases out there that can kill you in a hurry. Most of them are abcesses in your guts that suddenly burst causing a systemwide infection. My mother almost died of something like that once. She got better.

A terrify disease I read about once is named Suzuki disease (I think). It is a childhood fever that can kill a child in like 2 hours. The only known cure is aspirin -which cures it in short order. No other known cure. (I probably have some details wrong).

[grannylib]

16. Thank you! Glad to hear your mom pulled through, gives me hope!

[DemSigns]

19. Kawasaki's disease you might mean...

A neighbors son had that and nearly lost him except for an astute doctor thta picked up on it quickly.

[AngryAmish]

24. Kawasaki, Suzuki, both motorcycle makers I guess

God am I stupid.

[Teddy_Salad]

11. Sorry to hear that, Grannylib

Hope he recovers to full health again soon. :hi:

[grannylib]

18. Thank you!

[bratcatinok]

15. That sounds like some scary stuff

I'm glad it was caught in time. You and your family will be in my thoughts.

[grannylib]

20. Thanks so much

[Unperson 309]

21. Just Make Sure You Tell the Horse-spittle

to properly DISPOSE of the section of asshole, portion of scrotum, chunka buttcheek and 'taint' by *incinerating* them -- or else the damn Repukes'll have a whole NEW administration to run in '08!

309

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

22. This is one of the most horrible things I've ever read!

How excruciatingly painful! I'm happy that he received treatment quickly.

He may laugh about this in years to come, but certainly not now. YIKES!!!

[Maestro]

23. I'd hate to be the original Fournier guy...

but glad to hear that your hubby is doing better. Believe me I know that hospitals are no fun. Tell him we are pulling for him here.

[traco]

25. How scary for you

Glad he's going to be ok.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

26. It sounds like he's gonna be okay.

Sending you and your hubby good thoughts!

[flamingyouth]

27. How scary

I'm so glad things turned out okay for both of you.:hug: