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Originally Posted by Angel
I agreed, because I did not know I was suppose to take a tetanus vaccine until my husband rushed me to the emergency room after I arrived home from a rib cook off show, both of my feet were infected with redness rashes, swelling and blisters that spread all over and I was feeling quite ill...When the two doctors on duty took one horrified look at both of my feet and was asking me a bunch of questions as how I got my feet looking this bad and they thought I stepped on a rusty nail or something, but I told them I work outdoors at my dad's company which is a rib festville, and explained what I do there etc...I didn't realize that tetanus can be contracted in many ways such as any puncture wound, especially one that is deep, animal scratches, bites, other wounds contaminated by both human and animal feces, saliva and etc....The doctor asked me when was the last time I had taken a tetanus vaccine, and I honestly didn't even remember if I taken one or not when I was younger but I had to take another one since I didn't take a tetanus vaccine during my adulthood...
Here's picture similar to what both of my feet looks like....Sorry for the off-topic here...
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Ouch! You poor thing! That looks really painful. Is it healed up now or do you still have problems with your feet? It's amazing that it just happened after the cook off and you didn't know where it had come from. I think this is a reminder for all of us to check that our vaccines are up to date.
After I read a bit more about the two children that died recently, I have to say I'm surprised that they were not vaccinated. Apparently, both of them had the CIs with the positioners, which haven't been manufacturered since about 2002 due to the link with meninigitis. I know people forget over the years but you would think that parents with that particular model of CI would be more alert than average. It is disappointing.