LEMIERRE'S SYNDROME
Moving this from a page to a post: When my daughter came across this site today, I felt that this would be a nice opportunity to share and possibly help someone. Our lives were turned upside down last summer (2009) when our third daughter (Star Trek fan that she is, calls herself "3 of 7") became ill. This illness, Lemierre's Syndrome , had gotten a hold of her. It was a scary time- one that I would just as soon forget, but I want to share this because even the doctors (other than her infectiousness disease doctor) and nurses at the hospital did not know what this was. One nurse even printed up a Wikipedia type article so that she would have some information. So, I want to share these websites with you. http://www.lemierresyndrome.com/enrollment.html This one has the most information. http://lemierresyndromejrodgers.blogspot.com/ This disease is virulent and fast acting. It was fortunate that my daughter's diagnosis was made when it was. Sadly, fo...