My son is currently receiving Physical Therapy, through our state's early intervention program, and this was told to me by his therapist. This therapist provides home based services.
Anyway the therapist goes to this little boy's house, and starts doing therapy with him. They get part way through the session, and she notices a large boil or cyst on the boy's leg. So she asks the mother about it. And the mother replies, "Oh it's just MRSA!"
So the therapist had to leave immediately, get checked out by her doctor, and quarantine herself for 24 hours, because MRSA is highly contagious and spreads rapidly.
It really bothers me that the mother couldn't be bothered to inform the therapist of this before the appointment, and reschedule it or cancel it. Especially when there's a policy everyone was required to sign, saying that if your child is sick with anything more serious than a cold you need to reschedule or cancel it.
If the therapist wouldn't have noticed the boy's leg, she could've potentially put the other kids she had to see that day and her family at risk for catching it too.
Anyway the therapist goes to this little boy's house, and starts doing therapy with him. They get part way through the session, and she notices a large boil or cyst on the boy's leg. So she asks the mother about it. And the mother replies, "Oh it's just MRSA!"
So the therapist had to leave immediately, get checked out by her doctor, and quarantine herself for 24 hours, because MRSA is highly contagious and spreads rapidly.
It really bothers me that the mother couldn't be bothered to inform the therapist of this before the appointment, and reschedule it or cancel it. Especially when there's a policy everyone was required to sign, saying that if your child is sick with anything more serious than a cold you need to reschedule or cancel it.
If the therapist wouldn't have noticed the boy's leg, she could've potentially put the other kids she had to see that day and her family at risk for catching it too.
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