New maintenance procedure...

We've decided to do our best not to use Bactroban unless absolutely necessary. Actually, we've found that Tea Tree Oil works much better and quicker anyway, and we don't want the MRSA to become resistant to the Bactroban. It's been working wonderfully. We haven't used Bactroban for over a month now and and small spots we see go away within hours, typically, sometimes more with the Tea Tree oil. Between that and Hibiclens, we are able to keep the MRSA at bay.

Right in our backyard...

A friend called me yesterday and told me to tune in to 90.7, Charlotte Talks. Michael Hudson, a UNCC Biologist was on talking about staph (MRSA) and the research they have been doing at University of North Carolina Charlotte. Little did I know this research was taking place in our backyard. The last 20 minutes I listened to were very interesting. You can go here http://www.bioweb.uncc.edu and listen to the show. There were two shows on staph (MRSA), one on June 26, 2008 and one on July 16, 2008. If you have time, go there and listen to these two shows. Very informative. I'm going there now to listen to what I missed.

Update on our family. Things have almost returned to normal. My 4 yo has had some small pimple-like spots, but we treat them with tea tree oil and they are typically gone by morning. This stuff is good!