Jack Snow in critical condition

[Doomsday101]

ST. LOUIS (Dec. 30, 2005) -- Former Rams receiver and current broadcaster Jack Snow was in critical condition with a staph infection.

The 62-year-old Snow was at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Hospital spokesman Jason Merrill said he could not discuss details of the illness.

Rams spokesman Duane Lewis said Snow became ill in November. He was getting better, but was hospitalized last week.

Lewis said Snow's family was with him at the hospital. He believed Snow's son, San Francisco Giants first baseman J.T. Snow, was among them.

Jack Snow, a color analyst on the Rams' radio broadcasts even before the team moved here 10 years ago, was last in the booth Nov. 20 during a home loss to Arizona. He has missed the past five games. The Rams will play their season finale Jan. 1 at Dallas.

Snow has been part of the Rams virtually since being drafted out of Notre Dame in 1965. He spent 11 seasons as a player with the team when it was in Los Angeles and retired in 1975.

He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1967 and still is among the team leaders in several receiving categories.

Staph bacteria are a common cause of skin infections. Healthy people might carry the bacteria on their skin and in their noses. Still, the germ can cause serious surgical-wound infections, bloodstream infections and pneumonia.

Lewis did not know how Snow got the infection, most common among those who live in close proximity to others. That can include sports teams. In fact, the Rams had an outbreak of the infections in 2003.

Five members of the team developed drug-resistant infections after sustaining turf burns, and two or three members of the San Francisco 49ers developed infections after playing the Rams early that season. The outbreak was the subject of an article earlier this year in the New England Journal of Medicine. The players were not identified.

In August, then-linebackers coach Joe Vitt was hospitalized for three days with a staph infection in his left hand. Vitt has served as interim head coach since October, when Mike Martz stepped aside due to endocarditis, a bacterial infection of the lining of the heart.

 

[Doomsday101]

I really hate to hear this. Growing up I was a big fan of Jack Snow even though he was a Ram. I wish the best to him and his family.

 

[jay cee]

I really hate to hear this. Growing up I was a big fan of Jack Snow even though he was a Ram. I wish the best to him and his family.

I wish him well, I remember him playing for the Rams. I did not know that he was J.T. Snow's father.

 

[AsthmaField]

Those drug resistant staph infections are scary.


I know a guy who got one in his elbow and in just a few days, his whole arm was terribly infected and they were worried that the infection was going to make its way into his body cavity.

 

[conner01]

sad thing. i've still got his card

 

[Doomsday101]

sad thing. i've still got his card

I have his card as well. Although I have a lot of old football cards from the 60's and 70's

 

[notherbob]

This may not be the proper venue for this, but it is an important subject and lives and careers are at stake.

There is another tragedy here, a hidden tragedy. That tragedy is that there exists a cheap and effective cure for external staff infections that is seldom discussed, even though many people die from these infections. Staph has evolved to be resistant to many antibiotics although Methicillin will still kill most kinds and Vancomycin will kill most of those that have become resistant to Methicillin. Vancomycin is at present, the last resort of mainstream medicine and I have heard of cases of Vancomycin-resistant strains of staph in NY and Japan.

There is an alternative treatment for external staph infections that is cheap and effective and staph cannot become immune to it but it is not being used because it is not manufactured by a major pharmaceutical house and it is not included in the FDA treatment protocols. It is crushed raw garlic applied directly to the site of the infection.

Crushed raw garlic kills staph bacteria imediately on contact and staph cannot become immune to it because it kills in a different way than standard antibiotics, according to Dr. David Mirelman of the Weitzman Institute in Rehovic (SP?), Israel. He is one of the world's leading researchers on the pharmacological properties of garlic.

For those who want to know, commercial antibiotics combat staph and other bacteria by bonding with bonding sites on the bacteria, but as bacteria evolve they have bonding sites in different places and the old medicine is no longer effective. Allicin, formed by crushing garlic and waiting 15 minutes to maximize the amount of allicin formed, penetrates the cellular walls of the bacteria and cause it to swell up and burst. Staph cannot become immune to this according to Dr. Mirelman, anymore than we can become immune to being blown up.

It worked like a charm for me the last time I had a staph infection on my hand - in less than 48 hours, the infection was completely gone after having lingered for weeks before I tried the garlic. It is sometimes called Russian Penicillin for a reason - it kills germs permanently.

If I or any of my loved ones had a staph infection, I would certainly check it out. Please PM me if you have any questions. While I am not a doctor, nor do I pretend to be, I do personally know a lot of garlic researchers and listen closely to their lectures - they all have doctorate degrees.

Disclaimer - I am not a doctor nor am I giving medical advice nor practicing medicine in any way, merely discussing the little-known properties of a commonly available herb. All persons should always consult their physicians before taking any thing that could possibly be construed to have any medicinal properties. PS - your doctor probably won't know much about it as they're not trained in phytomedicine in medical school.

Sorry if it seems like I'm lecturing.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Wow! Anyone else remember Jack when he appeared on an episode of "Bewitched"?

He was the reason the Rams were my first favorite football team.

I hope he recovers...

 

[Hostile]

My Mother is alive today because of the hyperbaric oxygen treatments she underwent for a staph infection. They not only saved her life, she kept her leg which was infected.

I highly recommend it for a variety of ailments.

 

[Doomsday101]

Wow! Anyone else remember Jack when he appeared on an episode of "Bewitched"?

He was the reason the Rams were my first favorite football team.

I hope he recovers...

Can't say I remember that but I do remember seeing Snow and Roman Gabriel hooking up on many occations. Back when the Rams wore the Blue and White

 

[LaTunaNostra]

This may not be the proper venue for this, but it is an important subject and lives and careers are at stake.

There is another tragedy here, a hidden tragedy. That tragedy is that there exists a cheap and effective cure for external staff infections that is seldom discussed, even though many people die from these infections. Staph has evolved to be resistant to many antibiotics although Methicillin will still kill most kinds and Vancomycin will kill most of those that have become resistant to Methicillin. Vancomycin is at present, the last resort of mainstream medicine and I have heard of cases of Vancomycin-resistant strains of staph in NY and Japan.

There is an alternative treatment for external staph infections that is cheap and effective and staph cannot become immune to it but it is not being used because it is not manufactured by a major pharmaceutical house and it is not included in the FDA treatment protocols. It is crushed raw garlic applied directly to the site of the infection.

Crushed raw garlic kills staph bacteria imediately on contact and staph cannot become immune to it because it kills in a different way than standard antibiotics, according to Dr. David Mirelman of the Weitzman Institute in Rehovic (SP?), Israel. He is one of the world's leading researchers on the pharmacological properties of garlic.

For those who want to know, commercial antibiotics combat staph and other bacteria by bonding with bonding sites on the bacteria, but as bacteria evolve they have bonding sites in different places and the old medicine is no longer effective. Allicin, formed by crushing garlic and waiting 15 minutes to maximize the amount of allicin formed, penetrates the cellular walls of the bacteria and cause it to swell up and burst. Staph cannot become immune to this according to Dr. Mirelman, anymore than we can become immune to being blown up.

It worked like a charm for me the last time I had a staph infection on my hand - in less than 48 hours, the infection was completely gone after having lingered for weeks before I tried the garlic. It is sometimes called Russian Penicillin for a reason - it kills germs permanently.

If I or any of my loved ones had a staph infection, I would certainly check it out. Please PM me if you have any questions. While I am not a doctor, nor do I pretend to be, I do personally know a lot of garlic researchers and listen closely to their lectures - they all have doctorate degrees.

Disclaimer - I am not a doctor nor am I giving medical advice nor practicing medicine in any way, merely discussing the little-known properties of a commonly available herb. All persons should always consult their physicians before taking any thing that could possibly be construed to have any medicinal properties. PS - your doctor probably won't know much about it as they're not trained in phytomedicine in medical school.

Sorry if it seems like I'm lecturing.

Keep lecturing.

That was fascinating.

 

[Zaxor]

This may not be the proper venue for this, but it is an important subject and lives and careers are at stake.

There is another tragedy here, a hidden tragedy. That tragedy is that there exists a cheap and effective cure for external staff infections that is seldom discussed, even though many people die from these infections. Staph has evolved to be resistant to many antibiotics although Methicillin will still kill most kinds and Vancomycin will kill most of those that have become resistant to Methicillin. Vancomycin is at present, the last resort of mainstream medicine and I have heard of cases of Vancomycin-resistant strains of staph in NY and Japan.

There is an alternative treatment for external staph infections that is cheap and effective and staph cannot become immune to it but it is not being used because it is not manufactured by a major pharmaceutical house and it is not included in the FDA treatment protocols. It is crushed raw garlic applied directly to the site of the infection.

Crushed raw garlic kills staph bacteria imediately on contact and staph cannot become immune to it because it kills in a different way than standard antibiotics, according to Dr. David Mirelman of the Weitzman Institute in Rehovic (SP?), Israel. He is one of the world's leading researchers on the pharmacological properties of garlic.

For those who want to know, commercial antibiotics combat staph and other bacteria by bonding with bonding sites on the bacteria, but as bacteria evolve they have bonding sites in different places and the old medicine is no longer effective. Allicin, formed by crushing garlic and waiting 15 minutes to maximize the amount of allicin formed, penetrates the cellular walls of the bacteria and cause it to swell up and burst. Staph cannot become immune to this according to Dr. Mirelman, anymore than we can become immune to being blown up.

It worked like a charm for me the last time I had a staph infection on my hand - in less than 48 hours, the infection was completely gone after having lingered for weeks before I tried the garlic. It is sometimes called Russian Penicillin for a reason - it kills germs permanently.

If I or any of my loved ones had a staph infection, I would certainly check it out. Please PM me if you have any questions. While I am not a doctor, nor do I pretend to be, I do personally know a lot of garlic researchers and listen closely to their lectures - they all have doctorate degrees.

Disclaimer - I am not a doctor nor am I giving medical advice nor practicing medicine in any way, merely discussing the little-known properties of a commonly available herb. All persons should always consult their physicians before taking any thing that could possibly be construed to have any medicinal properties. PS - your doctor probably won't know much about it as they're not trained in phytomedicine in medical school.

Sorry if it seems like I'm lecturing.

this just pisses me off...why? WHY! does it always have to be about money?

 

[notherbob]

this just pisses me off...why? WHY! does it always have to be about money?

Because Mercedes Benz, Tiffany's, Dior and universities do not take love, they only accept money. Come to think of it...me, too.

If hippocrates were alive today, he would be booting butt and making a list of more butts to kick.

Medical Organizations used to try to keep costs down, but ever since professional organizations were allowed to incorporate in the 1960s, costs and profits have skyrocketed. The modern practice seems to maximize the income from each patient rather than focus on treatment and prevention of illnesses and injuries. But I guess the economy needs the money now that all the good jobs have moved overseas. A greater medical segment is a natural outgrowth of the other great employer of Americans, the fast food industry.

Exit soapbox.

 

[Zaxor]

Because Mercedes Benz, Tiffany's, Dior and universities do not take love, they only accept money. Come to think of it...me, too.

If hippocrates were alive today, he would be booting butt and making a list of more butts to kick.

Medical Organizations used to try to keep costs down, but ever since professional organizations were allowed to incorporate in the 1960s, costs and profits have skyrocketed. The modern practice seems to maximize the income from each patient rather than focus on treatment and prevention of illnesses and injuries. But I guess the economy needs the money now that all the good jobs have moved overseas. A greater medical segment is a natural outgrowth of the other great employer of Americans, the fast food industry.

Exit soapbox.

Well maybe I am just gonna have to become king of the world for a day any longer and the power will go to my head

 

[Fletch]

this just pisses me off...why? WHY! does it always have to be about money?

Because these gigantic research facilities in charge of finding cures for cancers and all that ails humans is one big money making business/industry.

Every year you hear about how close they are to finding a cure to this and that. But we never hear about a successful cure. Just an experimental type drug. And that's it.

Makes me wonder if their is actual cures out there locked away in a highly guarded refridgerated and germ free room. But if it was discovered, you could certainly expect anarchy and rioting by the masses.

There is just too much money being made by these research facilities to offer a cure. Then what would they do?

My thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Snow and his family.

GO COWBOYS!!

 

[Zaxor]

Because these gigantic research facilities in charge of finding cures for cancers and all that ails humans is one big money making business/industry.

Every year you hear about how close they are to finding a cure to this and that. But we never hear about a successful cure. Just an experimental type drug. And that's it.

Makes me wonder if their is actual cures out there locked away in a highly guarded refridgerated and germ free room. But if it was discovered, you could certainly expect anarchy and rioting by the masses.

There is just too much money being made by these research facilities to offer a cure. Then what would they do?

My thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Snow and his family.

GO COWBOYS!!

Yeah I wonder what they aren't telling us... but for once I would like to start putting people first and making money way down the line of priorities

 

[jay cee]

Keep lecturing.

That was fascinating.

It certainly was fascinating. thanks for the lecture notherbob.

or should I call you Kevin Trudeau.
Nah, you don't come across near as slimy.

 

[RCowboyFan]

Keep lecturing.

That was fascinating.

Yeah, I agree.

 

[notherbob]

Thanks. Just trying to let people know that there are options, but we must become aware of them if we are to choose them or discuss them with our health care providers.

One final note - garlic is very hot when applied directly to the affected area and the person being treated experiences a fierce but temporary burning sensation for a minute or two the first time it is applied. Less or none on subsequent applications. Perhaps a topical anesthesia is called for, or even a general anesthesia for treating larger areas. The burning sensation is quite intense but as it abates, the area begins to feel better immediately and swelling begins to dissipate. Within 12 hours, the difference is very noticeable with reduced swelling and less discomfort. I regard the burning sensation as short term pain I am willing to endure for long term comfort. Sometimes it takes several treatments but the burning is usually diminished more every time.

 

[THUMPER]

I grew up in L.A. and liked the Rams, just not as much as the Cowboys. Jack Snow was one of my favorite players and I got to meet him twice at Lamar Lundy's house (my dad was friends with Lundy). For some reason, the first time I met him in 1966, I was surprised because, with a name like Snow, I thought he would have white hair. Hey, I was only 8 at the time.

He was a very nice guy and an outstanding receiver. I pray that he recovers quickly.