Being Eaten Alive in a Nursing Home?

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I’ve been an outdoor person my entire life. I’ve climbed into black bear dens during winter to help with censusing counts and yes, there is always the danger of encountering an angry mama bear and being eaten on the spot.

I’ve been surrounded by over 20 coyotes in the middle of the night in the middle of the woods with no moon on one of the darkest nights of my life. I had the horrible fear of being eaten alive by this pack of wild animals. My only shelter was a canvas tent or a jeep with no top. I ended up using a flashlight to blind them. Not sure I got any sleep that night but in the morning my brother and I found 4 dead coyotes (they had all been eaten on by the others).

I also climbed a tree after a mountain lion. The closer I got to her (it was female) the more she growled and the more I feared being clawed and eaten and the more my heart pounded. About 6 feet away, she began jumping down through the branches of the trees and took off running.

I’ve swam in the ocean off the coast of California (the water was a lot colder than I liked) and found out a few days later that a man got bit by a shark in the same waters.

In the movies, you see people being trapped somewhere and being eaten alive by rats. It’s a scenario that’s been in a number of movies.

A few months ago, I read about a man who was trying to poach a well-known male lion in Africa but the lion ended up eating the man.

Virtually everyone has a fear of being eaten alive by a wild animal or machinery but does anyone think about it while living in a nursing home?

Chances are Rebecca Zeni didn’t think she has anything to worry about as far as being eaten alive while lived in a nursing home in Georgia. Yet, that’s exactly what happened to the 93-year-old former model.

Zeni’s recent death opened up an investigation and what was discovered is horrifying, shocking and could happen to others in other nursing homes.

The former beautiful model’s body was covered with red sores. They weren’t just the typical bed sores that so many bed-ridden nursing home residents develop. They were caused by something else more hideous.

Her actual cause of death was septicemia (blood poisoning) – an infection caused by her being lowly eaten alive over several months and possibly several years, according to authorities.

What was eating her alive? Millions of tiny parasitic mites known as Sarcoptes scabiei, more commonly referred to scabies.

Generally, people think of scabies affecting animals but fail to realize that they can also attack humans. Scabies are extremely contagious and spread from generally by skin-to-skin contact.

It usually shows up as a reddish skin rash and is very itchy and often scaly on the surface. Many people who contract scabies often turn to over-the-counter medications but most of these are proven to be ineffective in totally killing off a scabies infection.

There are oral medications that are effective in treating scabies but Zeni was never treated and over time, the tiny mites multiplied and consumed enough of her body to cause the blood poisoning which eventually killed her.

Experts say that Zeni must have experienced severe itching irritation and more. They describe her condition before her death as being painful and something that no one should ever have to experience. They also warn that the same thing could easily happen to others in other nursing homes.

That’s why family and friends who visit need to be vigilant about anything they see or hear of their loved ones or friends who reside in nursing homes. If it happened to Rebecca Zeni, it could happen to anyone.

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