I had MRSA. I was going to the hospital everyday for infusions of antibiotics. I was in tremendous pain. Originally it was in my hip. But my back hurt so bad. I kept complaining to the doctor. He said it'd just take time. Keep taking the infusions. I started missing them because I couldn't handle the pain. Thanksgiving Eve the doctor called and said I'd better just go to the hospital if I wasn't going to make my appointments. I called an ambulance. After they messed around for several hours, they did an MRI. By 8:00 a.m. the next morning, they rushed me to surgery. It ended up being a 10 hour surgery. When I woke up, the doctor said I was damn lucky. A little bit longer, my lungs would have been paralyzed and I would have been dead.