35-year-old Sick After Plunging
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Updated: 1:13 PM Mar 13, 2007
35-year-old Sick After Plunging
A man develops a staph infection after participating in the polar plunge in Wausau last month.
Posted: 12:41 PM Mar 12, 2007
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It wasn't the cold that caused one Wausau polar plunger to go to the hospital but a foot injury.

Scott Parsons, 35, developed a staph infection after jumping into the Wisconsin River for last month's polar plunge in Wausau.

Parsons spent a week in the hospital after he was infected with bacteria that can cause potentially life-threatening infections.

Parsons got a cut on his left foot after hitting a rock and got an infection that spread up his leg.

Parsons remains on bed rest and antibiotics.
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