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Wave of Health!
This is a true story.
A stock clerk was sent to clean up a storeroom at their Maui location.
When he got back, he was complaining that the storeroom was really
filthy, and that he had noticed dried mouse or rat droppings in some areas.
A couple of days later, he started feeling like he was coming down with
stomach flu, achy joints, headache, and he started throwing up. He went
to bed and never really got up. Within two days he was so ill and weak.
His blood sugar count was down to 66 and his face and eyeballs were
yellow. He was rushed to the emergency at Pali Momi, where they said
he was suffering from massive organ failure! The doctor, in ER,
transferred him to St. Francis Hospital and notified all his relatives as he
didn't have long to live. In ICU of St. Francis Hospital, a team of doctors
were trying desperately to stabilize him. They said even if by some
miracle he pulled through, he would need a new liver, kidneys, pancreas
and bladder. He died shortly before midnight.
None of us would have ever made the connection between his job and his
death, but the doctors specifically asked if he had been in a warehouse
or exposed to dried rat or mouse droppings at any time. They said there
is a virus (much like the Hanta virus) that lives in dried rat and mouse
droppings. Once dried, these droppings are like dust, and can easily be
inhaled or ingested if a person is not careful to wash their hands and face
thoroughly, or wear protective gear. An autopsy is being conducted to
verify the doctors' suspicions and tissue samples have been sent to the
CDC (Center for Disease Control) in Atlanta.
Be extremely careful to always rinse off the tops of any canned
sodas or foods, and wipe off pasta packaging, cereal boxes, etc. Almost
everything you buy in a supermarket was stored in a warehouse at one time
or another, and stores themselves often have rodents. I worked in grocery
wholesaling long enough to know that even the cleanest store has mice or
rats. Whenever you buy any canned soft drink, please make sure that you
wash the top with running water and soap, or if not available, drink with
a straw. A family friend's friend died after drinking a can of soda!
Apparently, she did not clean the top before drinking from the can. The
top was encrusted with dried rat's urine which is toxic and obviously
lethal!!!! Canned drinks and other food stuffs are stored in warehouses
and containers that are usually infested with rodents and then get
transported to the retail outlets without being properly cleaned.
Go to these web sites for more on this subject and rats:
Take this seriously for it
could happen to anyone these days what with
the very large amounts of food stored in warehouses awaiting delivery.