Misconceptions To Adams Children's Hospital

Molly, an 11 year old female weighing 102 pounds and height 4 feet 9 inches was admitted to Adams Children’s Hospital January 14, 2010. Molly came from Indiana to visit her grandfather Billy in Georgia for summer vacation. Her grandfather was a farmer who produced a variety of foods, he also raised livestock. Billy would most often prepare his sheep’s wool with the help of his granddaughter. Molly enjoyed helping him but, most of all she enjoyed playing with the animals on the farm, she also loves reading and riding her bike around the farmhouse. One morning Molly was outside playing with the animals on the farm, as she usually did every day since she arrived. Molly was chasing the chickens around the yard and fell face first when she tripped over a bucket of corn. She hit her chin on a rock, she also scraped her knee and arms to try to block her fall. Molly sobbed the entire …show more content…
The nurse then aseptically attain a sample vesicular fluid on a sterile swab. The nurse also collected samples from the dark, black ulcer; she inserted a sterile swab in which she rotated for three seconds under the ulcer without completely removing it (Confirming Anthrax through the Laboratory Response Network). The nurse transported the sample to the laboratory at room temperature; about 70°F. Microbiologist in the laboratory performed series of test to identify the disease Molly has. One of which was gram staining on the specimen. The results from the specimen were gram- positive when observed under the microscope because it stained purple. Additionally, this revealed the specimen cell morphology is bacilli which are rod-shaped and the cell arrangement of the specimen was streptococci. The specimen appears to be non-motile, meaning that the bacteria does not have flagella and is unable to move around. It is also aerobic which means that it needs an oxygenated environment in order to