Colin Chaulk’s pain tolerance and desire to play through almost any injury is legendary, but on Jan. 3 in Kalamazoo, he almost pulled himself out of a game in the first period. The next day, he couldn’t get his skate on his right foot and play at all. This morning, Chaulk, 32, will undergo his third surgery since Monday for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a severe staph infection that is resistant to most penicillin.
Since training camp opened in October, Chaulk had a blister on his heel and usually covered it with antibiotic cream, a Band-Aid and a pressure pad. He does not wear socks in his skates. Chaulk said he regularly checked with Komets trainer Shawn Dundon, which eventually saved the situation from getting any more serious. “There’s nothing I could have done any different,” Chaulk said. “The only thing I could have done was stay off the ice until the blister was completely healed, but nobody does that. You just tape it up and play.”
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