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By Steve Franklin
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
It was an early August afternoon. The Rappahannock Panthers football team — in the midst of its second week of two-a-day practices - had just walked off the practice field after a grueling four hours in the scorching summer sun.
Junior wide receiver Mark Kidwell was exhausted, sweaty, and sour. So he headed home, threw an a pair of shorts, and hit the creek for a quick afternoon swim.
Less than hour later, he climbed from the murky water and trekked back to his grandmother's house.
Later that night, as he prepared for bed, he noticed a {ample-like sore just below his knee. He thought nothing of it, figuring it was your average teenage zit.
The next day, the sore started to bother him more and more, but he continued to practice, gutting out another four-hour session.
When he got home that night, his. knee began to swell The sore, which a day earlier was the size of a needle tip, was now the size of a grape, and beginning to drain.
Kidwell went to the hospital that evening and was diagnosed with a staph infection. They gave him same antibiotics and sent him home.
But the antibiotics had no effect. The sore continued to swell and he developed a temperature of 103 degrees. Back to the hospital he went.
This time, the doctors diagnosed Kidwell with Methiollin- Resistant ■ Staphylococcus Auras (MESA), a resilient form of staph that is resistant to traditional antihintir treatment.
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