From: ian blenkharn@ianblenkharn.com
Category: News & information
Date: 09 Mrz 2008
Time: 17:13:46 +0100
Remote Name: 217.43.109.211
CALHOUN COUNTY - One poke from a needle and a family's life has turned upside down. It has them checking their five-year old for diseases like HIV.
The child's parents say he found the needle in school on the floor and it had been used.
Tristan says Tuesday morning, her son picked up a used diabetes testing needle.
She says it was on the floor of the office at Westlake Elementary School.
Since Tuesday, doctors at Battle Creek Health Systems have tested Dakota for MRSA, Hepatitis and even Aids. But accurate results will take a while.
"It could take a year, it could take six months, so now it's like a waiting game with his life," said Tristan.
A simple, and for this family, a particularly horrifying reminder that a sharps injury has a long and frightening impact that may last for up to 12 months even if infection does not occur.