"If any of my other kids get sick, I'm terrified about taking them to the ER, " says Jeffers, who recalls watching his daughter deteriorate in his arms.

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I'm actually an emergency medicine resident at a busy urban ER and we've been dealing with MRSA for quite a few years.

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