To those in the medical field..

Why the hell do my children keep getting MRSA?

If everyone remembers, Mackenzie got MRSA back in November 2007, and when I had Madison in December, it was a terrible ordeal because of infectious disease control.

Well it has reared it's ugly head in our life again.

Mackenzie got the rash a couple months ago, but she wasn't covered on insurance. Well she finally got insurance and we took her to the doctor last week. Her doctor was out of town so we saw a different one. The woman looked at it, told me it was diaper rash and gave me a prescription for diaper cream. I told her I'm not a moron and I know it's not a diaper rash, she has had MRSA in the past and it looks the exact same. She told me there wasn't anything to culture and sent me on my way.

That was last week.

This past week on Monday, Madison had a doctor's appointment and she had been getting the rash too. So I had Dr. Kuhl do a culture on her and guess what people..it's MRSA. Big surprise.

They are telling us to do the ointment in our nostrils twice a day for ten days, everyone in the house. We do more than just that, we also have Tim's family do it and my mother since the girls come into contact with them multiple times a week. Dr. Kuhls phone nurse called me today and asked how bad Mackenzie's has gotten since doing the ointment and I told her it got worse. Instead of the 15-20 spots she had been having, it's probably gone up to 30-40 spots. They have prescribed her an oral medication too.

I'm just curious, when is it going to end? What is causing it? Nobody seems to have the answers and it's getting exhausting. Tim and I don't have MRSA so I'm not sure how Madison could of caught it from Mackenzie and we haven't. Mackenzie is constantly hurting and Madison is starting to head down the same road.

Anyone have any advice?