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bigcitybill
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One more reason you'll never catch me eating mudbugs or raw oysters, or anywhere near NOLA.
Friend of mine went to NOLA about ten days ago and ate the crawfish. He's currently hospitalized, taking 3 antibiotics, scheduled for skin grafts and may lose a leg very soon. Doctors have been trying for days to stop the infection. Now they are resorting to cutting off pieces of him.
This may not end well.
From his wife:
"It's not good. Surgery went well in that they found more infection and took it out. Not much lower leg left except muscle and bone with intact strip on the back. Also found more infection inside thigh and removed. Bottom line, they'll operate again Wednesday and Friday to see about more internal spreading. He may even end up losing the leg quoting the Dr. All we can do is keep strong prayers going on. PLEASE pray for God's healing hands to touch him."
Friend of mine went to NOLA about ten days ago and ate the crawfish. He's currently hospitalized, taking 3 antibiotics, scheduled for skin grafts and may lose a leg very soon. Doctors have been trying for days to stop the infection. Now they are resorting to cutting off pieces of him.
This may not end well.
From his wife:
"It's not good. Surgery went well in that they found more infection and took it out. Not much lower leg left except muscle and bone with intact strip on the back. Also found more infection inside thigh and removed. Bottom line, they'll operate again Wednesday and Friday to see about more internal spreading. He may even end up losing the leg quoting the Dr. All we can do is keep strong prayers going on. PLEASE pray for God's healing hands to touch him."
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I'm still not eating them, or going to NOLA.
Based on my best understanding, it comes from being in or around nasty, stinky contaminated water,
or eating something that probably lived in it and wasn't cooked right.
He either got it from eating raw oysters, or through an existing cut or scrape while in saltwater.
Crawfish are freshwater species, and throughly boiled.
We usually hear of a couple people getting this every year, sorry about your friend.
I have been given to understand that they ate the crawfish.
One or both of them may also have eaten something else, I don't know.
Whatever the case may be, my friend is not doing well.
Prayers for Me sent
Thank you.
Thanks very much.
Prayers sent to your friend and I pray for a speedy recovery.
I would bet on Raw Oysters, Crawfish are actually very clean to eat. They are fresh water and you put them in salted water to make them crap out the mud, then they are boiled so they are very clean and safe to eat.
He lost a big chunk of his calf muscle and had real bad blood poisoning too.
I hope your friend makes it through this OK.
Ray got the infection from wading in brackish water,cast netting bait.I believe he scraped his leg on some barnacles at the dock.
Neal
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
Will post status report asap.
i have seen some stupid stupid stuff occur in the kitchen of even a 5star restaurant , from an idiot cutting raw chicken on a salad prep area to spraying easy off on a piece of salmon going on the grill mistaking it for cooking spray, god only knows what i didnt stop{and thats a very short example}
It's possible that I may have spoken out of turn RE mudbugs.
I do that a lot.