Swine Flu Recovery Story

[indigo girl]

http://www.ajc.com/wednesday/content/metro/stories/2009/07/09/local_swine_flu_patient.html

She had no prior existing conditions, and she almost died. She spent 41 days at Emory, and 2 weeks prior to that at a hospital in LaGrange, Georgia.

Kudos to all of the staff that helped this woman and her family thru this illness.

When the woman arrived at Emory in early May, she was the state’s first confirmed case and medical experts were still figuring out this new variety of influenza.

“It was the unknown” that concerned people, said Pam Cosper, Emory’s director of critical care nursing.

The fear did not escape the healthcare workers at Emory, who asked: How contagious is it? If I catch it, can I pass it to my kids? What precautions do we take?

Hospital officials determined that nurses, doctors and her visitors should not only wear gloves, special masks and gowns, but also goggles. Pregnant nurses would not participate in her care.

(hat tip flutrackers/yieldude)