Strep Throat of the Knee

No, I'm not being pithy. The above title is an actual medical diagnosis of my mother's current condition. On Thur. Jan. 10, my mom was sent to the ER (the third time in less than a week) regarding severe knee pain. That night she had emergency surgery on her knee and was admitted to the hospital. The doctors were baffled as to what was the root cause of her pain and how a terrible infection began. After two nights in the hospital and a series of tests, the diagnosis was "Strep Throat!" Apparently, a person can get strep throat and not show many symptoms. This happened to my mom. She had a very bad sore throat in November. The pain and fever went away on its own after about two days. However, the strep infection did not...only antibiotics can wipe out strep. The infection went to her knee (although she also does have strep in her throat). Again, this is a rare but not unheard of condition. The results could have been fatal. Oftentimes when these types of infections occur, they travel to the blood stream and the heart. My mom will have to get some more test completed to make sure her heart has not been infected. She is still in the hospital and will most likely remain there until Tuesday. I've spoken with her this morning and she is in a tremendous amount of pain. Tomorrow she will have a port put in her body so she can administer antibiotics when she returns home. She will need to be on strong antibiotics for six-weeks. Thank you for praying for her at this time and I ask that you continue to lift her up.