So Gross

NOTE: This post is not for the weak stomach!

Back story: We live in a condo complex but it is all divided up into units of 4 condo to a small lobby. The three other units in our lobby are all single women in their 60-70s. The unit right across from our door is a renter. Usually we all keep to ourselves, but for the past year I have been becoming increasingly concerned about the renter across from us. It started with a bad odor coming from her door when she opened it, then a bad odor coming from her garage (which is right next to mine), then during the summer there was an increase of flies around her door, then I saw (through our peep hole) the inside of her unit and realized she is a true Hoarder. Boxes are stacked all over the place and it is full of trash. I reported this to the HOA since it is a health and fire code issue. Her landlord got a letter requesting him to look into it, but he just called her and she said it was all fine. That was the end of him looking into it.

Today: Well, we haven't seen the women in weeks. I (sadly) thought she might have died, but it turns out that she has been home sick. While Brian was home changing from work to school stuff he saw the fire department and the paramedics in the lobby. The women called 911. However she was too nervous about the fire department coming into her unit and calling the health department about her hoarding that she crawled outside of her unit, locked her door and sat on the stairs waiting for the paramedics. THIS IS THE GROSS PART- She had an infection in her leg that she didn't take care of until it was unbearable. By the time the paramedics arrived her leg was swollen to the max from a bad infection. The leg was so engorged that they needed to open the leg right there in the lobby- they were afraid it was going to burst during transport. So, they cut it to release the pressure, but it ended up bursting during the cutting. When I got home (only about 30 minutes after they all left) I opened the door and was so disgusted by the smell that I vomited a little. When I looked back in I saw blood and puss on the walls, the floor, the mat and the stairs. To make it even worse they think she wet and dirtied her pants when they cut her leg open and got it all over the stairs.

I can't believe the paramedics and fire department just left the lobby that way without telling anyone. I immediately called the HOA. They called the Health Department who then called the hospital to find out what type of infection she had. She had STAPH, but the worse type. This is why the puss smelled horrific. So, they brought out a bio hazard team to clean up. When I met them when they arrived they were pretty shocked. They said that they were called too late to do an normal clean up and now needed to remove everything. They ripped out the carpet and bleached everything!

Moral of the story... WE NEED TO MOVE!