Sunday, May 31, 2009

Peeing in the Pool? Please Don't.

If you're peeing in the pool, please stop.  We don't need to swim in urine.  Swimming season is upon us.  

Mrs Happy's father has an above ground pool.  It turned green over the winter.  Then it sprung a leak last week.  But there is nothing to fear, it seems all is fixed.  A little glue and some chemicals and everything looks great.  Grandma/Grandpa Happy just got the pool at their Phoenix love shack resurfaced last month.  Perfect swimming for those hot Arizona nights.

The CDC wants to make sure you practice good pool hygiene to prevent recreational water illnesses.  I personally have never had one.  I have never taken care of a patient who contracted one.  But apparently, the number of outbreaks is on the rise.  4,500 sickened in 31 states during a two year span in 2005-2006.  So make sure you stay safe.

And even though urine is sterile, please don't pee in the pool, like 17% of your fellow Americans admit to doing.
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3 Outbursts:

  1. public baby pool equals giant porcelain toilet although I and my 3 kids seemed to have survived it. Won't step foot in the hot tub at the gym however. EWWWW.

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  2. Ever swam in the Ocean?? Or a Lake? Billions of Fish peeing 24-7. You figure how many gallons there are in even a small pool and your puny whizz doesn't matter...faggeddaboutit....
    But no, I don't piss in my own pool, and since I'm the only male swimming in it, probably noone else does either...

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  3. I thought that problem was mostly due to moms who let their little ones go swimming a little too soon after a bout of diarrhea.
    -Second career nursing student

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