A Brush With Death:

Introduction

You complain about having the flu, and go about your normal routine. Fever sets in, and an unusual redness develops around the area of injury.

Sometimes the pain is so bad, that you no longer feel it. At the hospital, surgeons plunge into a desperate, exhausting battle against the disease, fervently hacking away flesh that becomes rotten almost as fast as scalpels can cut it away.

The prognosis is very poor, and the struggle for life continues until death or disfigurement comes - or maybe both.

This is a tale of a vicious disease that has a preference for human flesh, an appetite that surpasses the worst of nightmares. However, this is not a Hollywood horror movie. This one is made by Mother Nature, and is very, very real. .....

This is a story inspired by, one such ...... real case.

This video contains very graphic pictures.

Written by Joe Parazoo

A Little Research

You have heard of the bacteria called “strep” -- the same bacteria that causes “strep throat”. Over 10 million cases a year. This bacteria can cause Necrotizing Fasciitis – or flesh eating bacteria.

A bacteria that has been in the news a lot lately - “mrsa” - which is an abreviation for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus – can cause Necrotizing Fasciitis.

The television show “House” - season 3 episode 9 – dealt with this bacteria problem.

CBS had a segment on “mrsa” – on June 2, 2007

This book is about this very problem – from a FIRST HAND perspective. Learn what it can do – as well as learn how to protect yourself.

Written by Joe Parazoo

Here is a Sample

Taken from Chapter 3

“Ready? Watch that IV! One, two, three, and move!” was barked out. In one smooth transfer, four pairs of hands slid the woman from the ambulance stretcher onto the bed. Two of the nurses scrambled around the bed untangling IV lines, and connecting EKG wires to the cardiac monitor.
“Okay, let’s get some bloods cooking. CBC, lytes, glucose STAT. Couple of extra red tops for SMA and tox screen.”
“Her pressure is falling. Turn up that IV!” Within moments, the blood pressure was stable. About that time, she started to gasp for air.
“I’ll put the airway in. Hand me the number seven ET tube.”

The crash cart nurse passed him the laryngoscope and ripped open the ET tube packet. The doctor crouched down by the patient’s head.
“Okay, let’s do this.” Tilting the head back, he slid the laryngoscope blade into the patient’s throat. At once he identified the vocal cords. He slid the plastic endotracheal tube into place. The oxygen line was reconnected, and the machine turned on.

Written by Joe Parazoo

Here is another Sample

Taken from Chapter 4

The surgeon has one weapon, the scalpel. He has to rely mostly on his knowledge and his skill. The surgeon has to think and act fast. He has to find and cut the enemy off. He has to get behind the enemy lines, and destroy their home base.
The scrub nurse dabs the sweat from his brow with a sterile cloth.

He makes another radical slice, eliminating the gray flesh, to expose the fresh meat of the muscle. He will try and save as much of the tissue as he can. Yet, wanting to eradicate the enemy, he will take everything that he has to.

Beep… Beep…
“She’s losing pressure.”
“Turn that IV up… Get some more fluids into her.”

Dr. Good Hands takes a deep breath, and continues his search. The scalpel makes another sweep along the edge the her leg. He separated the gray tissue, from the pink flesh.

“Suction,” he said as he withdrew his hands.

Written by Joe Parazoo