The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie StrathdeeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Talk about PTSD. This book brought back a lot of memories. Steffanie and her husband have always traveled the world, fighting the AIDS epidemic and exploring third world countries. They traveled so much that they carried Cipro, ready for the stomach bug that would always eventually attack them.
But, this time, her husband gets sick in Egypt and barely makes it out of the country alive. He's transferred once. And again to get back to the States, but he still has an illness that antibiotics can't touch. Guess what? This type of thing happens all the time now in first world countries.
Strathdee gives readers tons of scientific information in words we can understand. Phages--I'd never heard of what they did. I still don't know much, but I feel like I've learned enough to want to know more, especially if they help us dumb humans out now and then.
Anyone who has had a loved one in ICU or develop sepsis will relate. What are we going to do about it? Have you stopped using antibacterial soap? Do you still ask the dr for antibiotics all the time when you really just need time and patience? What happens when you get sick and antibiotics don't help? How do you act as an advocate to your friends and family when they are in the hospital? Do you research medical journals or just scare yourself on internet discussion boards? I love how Strathdee takes charge, uses her knowledge and connections, and ends up kicking some butt. Brains for the win!
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