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My dog Makena is 10 years old and has always been my
little buddy who always seemed to bring joy into my
life. She had been sick for some time with a weird
discharge from her nose and had been in and out of the
vets office multiple times and we still could not get
a grasp on what was wrong. She underwent a few light
surgeries and seemed to develop new problems which
were very puzzling. My vet at that time was stumped.
I decided that I would need to find a new vet and do
some research on my own. My new vet diagnosed her
with MRSA and he treated her with multiple
antibiotics. I immediately went home and researched
MRSA on the internet and found Bella Moss Foundation.
Jill and Lori have been exceptionally helpful and so
caring. I don't know that I done through this without
their support. Every time I thought I was hitting a
wall Lori and Jill had a new great idea to help me.
Makena did finally get over her MRSA and I think the
only way she did this was with the guidance I received
from Lori and Jill. Thank you Bella Moss Foundation for all your
help, love and care - you are amazing!!
Kathleen Salak California USA |
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My daughter Kass, (15yrs) had what looked like a spider bite on her arm. Over a few days time it looked very infected and swollen so I took her to the doctor. He said she most likely had a staph aeureus aeureus infection he took a culture (March 28th, 2008) and put her on anti-biotics.
When I got home that day I started researching MRSA and came across an article ’Cat and Woman Share SUPERBUG!' After reading it I wondered about our cat (Chloe) who had been having problems (skin lesions) for about a month on her behind. The vet, after a couple visits still wasn't sure what the problem was as the treatments they had tried were not helping. So I called and the next day they cultured our cat. (March 29th, 2008)
On March 30th we found that our daughter was confirmed with MRSA, by this time she had a hole in her arm the size of a silver dollar that was 1/2 inch deep. We put our cat in a kennel in a spare room to keep her quarantined until we knew if she also had the bacteria. (As we were still waiting for culture results) I began searching for cases where animals had this MRSA and found the Bella Moss Foundation. Jill and her USA representative Lori were wonderful with all their support and recommendations on how to go about making my cat better and comfortable. Jill and Lori spent hours discussing with me food that would be easier for Chloe to digest and we also considered as a team way’s to help boost Chloe’s immune system.
I found a product for our daughter that helped kill the bacteria and start the healing process. As this worked for her so well, I contacted the Staphwash Company and was told that there was a product made specifically for animals with this MRSA bacteria. We got the product, applied it; and within hours it had improved dramatically. Within a month; all signs of infection were gone. Both our cat and daughter are MRSA free at this time, and show no signs of any re-occurrence.
I saw 1st hand how fast MRSA develops and how serious it can become in a matter of a few days. Thank Goodness for the Bella Moss Foundation willing to lend a hand with advice and/or information and support that is very much helpful in fighting these HORRIBLE bacteria.
Cathy Conner USA
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Cooper |
When my dog Cooper was diagnosed with MRSA last summer, the first thing I did was get on the internet to find out as much as I could. I had never heard of a dog contracting MRSA, but I thought that with the help of the internet I would be able to find a wealth of information. I was wrong. There is only one website I could find that had any information on MRSA in pets. The Bella Moss Foundation.
No one knows how Cooper contracted MRSA. He had been treated for 'idiopathic' staph infections for over three years, one series of antibiotics after another. Finally, in July of 2007, my vet took a skin culture and sent it to Cornell University Companion Animal Hospital. The results came back positive for the human strain of MRSA. Cooper did not get this from me, as my family has been tested and we are all negative. Where would he get it? Who knows? The reasonable conclusion would be he got it from a vet's office. (we had changed vets as we thought his previous one was not very professional.) When questioned, Cooper's vet said in all of her years of practicing she had never seen a case of MRSA. Neither had any of the other vets in the practice. Neither had anyone else I spoke to on the subject. I would mention it, and people would look at me like I was from Mars.
So, Jill...............after what I went through with Cooper, I can imagine the pain, anger and frustration you went through with Bella. I found you...........you had no-one. There aren't any words to express the sadness I feel at your loss of Bella, and the gratitude I feel for your determination to help other pets and the people who love them. You are a perfect example of someone who has taken a really heartbreaking situation and turned it around for a good purpose. Cooper is well now, and I will be eternally grateful for all of your help and support. I can't thank you enough. I look forward to the success of the Foundation in disseminating information on MRSA and other infectious (and totally preventable) diseases in animals. It is vital that the veterinary profession, kennels, groomers, pet stores, breeders and anyone else involved with animals, including the general public, be educated about this growing threat.
Andie Irwin and Cooper (Castle Creek NY USA
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Bunky |
Our rabbit got mrsa after surgery on her tummy. My mummy did not know about it and I found the Bella Moss Foundation at my school website. I did a project on how sick my bunny was and my teacher asked me to give her the information so she could let my school know about mrsa in animals. Jill came to our school and gave a talk, she helped our vets to learn more and gave my mum and dad so much support. Bunky is now well and I give my pocket money to the Bella Moss Foundation, every week I get £5.00 and I give £1.00 for sick animals. When I grow up I am going to help Jill with her job, and because of her and the foundation I now want to be a vet.
Sarah (Hertfordshire)
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