Kevin Nash Comments On Injury; More Serious Than Staph Infection
Kevin Nash made the following comments to TNA’s official site, revealing that his Staph infection was actually the superbug MRSA, which is a killer:
Greetings from Charlotte, still.
I know I’ve only been in the airport, hotel and hospital since I’ve been here after arriving late Saturday afternoon, but I’ve run into some very nice people.
The hospital staff is very nice, and one young brunette nurse is really a looker. Kinda tall Megan Fox-looking.
I have some sort of infection in my right elbow; the culture has not come back yet. The doctors have been treating it as MRSA. For those of you who do not know, MRSA is an antibiotic-resistant infection. A mutated superbug. Lucky me.
Oh, by the way, did I tell you that I was operated on Monday afternoon. That’s surgery No. 27. After being cut on that many times, sometimes you forget, even if it was just Monday when I was operated on. (Editor’s note: Nash’s arm was cut open to drain blood due to massive swelling).
Don’t know when this will heal, depends on how my body reacts to the antibiotics.
I have a gaping, open wound in my elbow, with the equivalent of a small ShopVac hooked up to it. I’m sure I’m paying 2-bills to rent that bad boy. When I go home, I’ll hook up the Black & Decker, and save the insurance company some money.
Hated missing the Pay-Per-View because I felt like the Mafia was just starting to get some momentum. But my left arm is OK, so I should be able to whack somebody at the next iMPACT events in Orlando.
Heard Kurt and Jeff had a great match; I look forward to watching that.
I would like to continue on with this blog, but American Idol is upcoming. Can’t miss.
I’ll blog more this week.
Nash …“The MRSA Man”
Oh MRSA, MRSA me … things ain’t like they used to be.
Kevin Nash
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I hate to pedantic but MRSA is a staph infection.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or more simply Methicillin resistant Staph.
The only difference between “regular” staph and MRSA is that MRSA is resistant to the Methicillin range of antibiotics. True people can die from it but this is normally from a bloodstream infection. From reading the article it sounds like Kevin has a soft tissue infection that is being treated well. Hopefully ti was caught early and will clear up with the correct (non Methicillin based) antibiotics.
Thanks for the information. Why is this so common with wrestlers? I was under the impression MRSA was usually something somebody actually contracted in hospital after an original infection.
I used to be a wrestler through junior high and high school. I got two MRSA infections back to back and almost had to go to the hospital, as well as missing half of my season. I think the skin to skin contact with other wrestlers coupled with the mats (which are usually unsanitary), the used singelts, and headgear, all make for an optimal envoirnment for this terrible illness.
After reading the article, I feel that I need more information on the topic. Can you share some more resources ?