figured id touch on a more serious topic here for a minute
as some of you might know, my wife works for a hospital
over the weekend that had a little patient in, i think she was either 4 weeks or 4 months, truth be told, i dont recall
well this kid was at the same hospital as my wife works at and they were waiting on a specific test
the results of this test would determine if the kid would get admitted to their hospital or send up the road to a childrens hospital
im not sure what expired but the doctor in charge decided she didnt like what she saw and send in for the transfer without waiting for the test results to come back
i dont know how long it took for the childrens hospital to come up with a diagnosis of botulism
from what i understand this is the main reason you are told not to introduce raw honey to children under 12 months of age because that can contain the bacteria that cause botulism
the way it works, it attacks the nervous system, in essence disconnecting the muscles from the brain
it starts with the extremities and works it way in untill the patient dies from a lack of oxygen because the muscles used to breath no longer receive the signals to do so
from what i understand the people at the childrens hospital have preventively intubated this kid to make sure they can controll the breathing and once the antitoxin is administered it should stop the spread of the toxin
then in time, the effect should wear off and the kid should make a full recovery
craziest part of it all...the toxin that is trying to kill this kid is also the active ingredient in botox