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Jess versus the Fusobacterium
26 January 2009 @ 12:44 PM MST
26 January 2009 @ 12:44 PM MST
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Jess was released from the hospital today, and is now home. She has a projected recovery time of approximately all of February.
The thoracic surgeon was in to see her this morning to tell her she could go home. He also told her that the infection was Fusobacterium (unfortunately the Wikipedia article is somewhat lacking in information). He also said that when he saw her he felt like her odds of making it through alive were about 50/50. He's seen 4 cases of this type of progression of Fusobacterium, 2 older patients who died, one young patient who lived, and Jess. He felt that the main reason she survived was because she's still young.
You will notice on the Wikipedia page that Fusobacterium is similar to anaerobic bacteroides, which was their guess as of the 2nd surgery, so they were close. You will also notice that it lists several species of the bacteria, but (if the doctor's knew) they didn't tell us what species it was.
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The thoracic surgeon was in to see her this morning to tell her she could go home. He also told her that the infection was Fusobacterium (unfortunately the Wikipedia article is somewhat lacking in information). He also said that when he saw her he felt like her odds of making it through alive were about 50/50. He's seen 4 cases of this type of progression of Fusobacterium, 2 older patients who died, one young patient who lived, and Jess. He felt that the main reason she survived was because she's still young.
You will notice on the Wikipedia page that Fusobacterium is similar to anaerobic bacteroides, which was their guess as of the 2nd surgery, so they were close. You will also notice that it lists several species of the bacteria, but (if the doctor's knew) they didn't tell us what species it was.
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