BOB HOLLY’s HEALTH UPDATE
- 04/23/2006 (6:40:27 pm)
- Georgiann Makropoulos
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As posted on Bob Holly's forum:Hey guys, I just got an email from Sandra last night. Here's the latest on Bob's situation...
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The staph infection he got in the ring around August of last year turned
into MSRA , they thought they had cured it, but when he had surgery on his
right elbow in February it came back full force landing him back in the
hospital in March. Everything seemed to be going ok until around the 7th
or 8th of April when he came down with what we thought was a bad case of
the flu (fever, chills, and then his arm began to swell). We went back to
the doctor and he was admitted directly to the hospital that night and
emergency surgery was scheduled the next morning. We stayed in the
hospital until they put a PIC line in and got the results of the cultures
back from surgery showing it was indeed still the MSRA which had gotten
into his blood and also embedded his elbow joint. Unfortunately the only
antibiotic that will probably get rid of it once and for all has to be
administered by IV once every 12 hours for about the next 6 weeks. He has
been on and off antibiotics since September of last year fighting this
infection when he first got it, which really created a super strain
infection resistant to everything they have given him. Now we are fighting
along with that damage to other organs probably caused from such strong
meds. They are monitoring him closely here at home, taking blood every
other day now, delivering the medication to us daily, and at least trying
to let him be here instead of at the hospital. The results on Friday were
a little scary and they started him on an additional medication because
his platelet level and potassium level were very high. Hopefully things
will start to turn around and they will get this all out of his system
without any long term damage to his kidneys.
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We encourge all Bob Holly fans to support Bob in this tough time! Any
cards or anything from fans to cheer him up would be great! He is so ready
to be back in the ring and all of this is very disheartening. Bob's
website ( www.bobhollyacademy.com ) has the address! Thanks everyone!
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~Matthew Campbell
www.newpathproductions.com
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