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> And to you my friends, smell the flowers while you can.

I'm 35, and I've already lost at least 4 friends. Causes of death: Drunk driving, Suicide, Murder, and bacterial infection/dropped dead.

The friend with the infection was a super-healthy woman who was opening a fitness studio, one of those people that you would expect to grow old, not catch a random bug and die.




What bug?

This is something of a fear of mine, especially after my wife received a MRSA infection a few years ago.


Internet obit says "a rare form of Group A streptococcal disease"

I know she was feeling crappy, enough to head into a hospital late-ish at night, and apparently by that time her kidneys had already shut down. I don't live in the same city as she did anymore, so I don't have any more info.


Sounds like it could have been toxic shock syndrome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_shock_syndrome


Try to stay away from hospitals then.




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