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Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
She Wanted a Tattoo to Honor Her Late Brother. It Landed Her in the ICU
Quiniece Washburn wanted to honor her late brother after he died of an overdose, as the two were "pretty close" when they were growing up She got a portrait of his face on her leg, "so I knew that he would be with me," but the tattoo became painfully infected, causing her to need treatment in the ICU She's warning others to be careful about the cleanliness of their tattoo shop, as the experience was "traumatizing"A woman who wanted to honor her late brother with a tattoo of his face ended up with a dangerous infection — and a scar where his portrait should be. Quiniece Washburn said she and her brother were 'pretty close' growing up, according to Daily Mail. After her brother died of an overdose, the 36-year-old mom of two shared that she 'wanted to get the tattoo so I knew that he would be with me.' She researched a tattoo artist online and paid $350 for a portrait of her brother on her left calf. But as she told the outlet, she felt a painful, burning sensation while getting inked. When the tattoo artist was finished and wiped the tattoo down — a common practice, as tattoos can ooze blood and ink — Washburn said the tattoo leaked more than what's usually expected. Her tattoo began to form blisters, leaking fluid, she said. 'I could stick a white paper towel on the tattoo and the whole picture would be on it,' she explained. Washburn said it began to cause significant pain. 'When it got worse, I was having to drag my leg to walk, and I was limping. It was a horrible time for me. The pain was traumatizing, and it was upsetting because it was the face of my brother,' she shared. Washburn went to the hospital 10 times for intravenous antibiotics — until her condition grew so severe that she needed to be admitted to the ICU. That's when she was diagnosed with a devastating case of cellulitis. It's a skin infection caused by bacteria that enters the skin through a cut or crack, the Mayo Clinic explains. While there, doctors treated the infection, which she described as 'green infected stuff oozing out of me.' 'The hospital never said it was from dirty products, and I watched [the tattoo artist] unpack my needles, but people say if the [tattoo] gun isn't properly wiped, then that can cause infection,' Washburn, who wonders if 'someone else's fluids may still have been on the gun," explained. Aggressive antibiotic treatment helped clear up the infection, but Washburn said her tribute to her late brother is 'pretty ruined.' 'It has a lot of scar tissue on it and it's cracked. His face doesn't look the same at all, and it's kind of dark. I've been told not to touch it for a year, so I'm going to leave it as it is,' Washburn said. She added that the tattoo artist refunded her money and gave her $200 after learning what had happened. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. She's sharing her ordeal to warn others. 'I'd tell people to watch your tattoo artist and make sure everything is clean,' Washburn told the outlet, calling the experience, 'traumatizing.' Read the original article on People
The Sun
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
EastEnders actor and pop star shares heartbreak after losing his beloved brother
AN EASTENDERS actor and pop star has shared his heartbreak after losing his beloved brother. The actor, who is now based in LA and aged 49, joined BBC kids TV as angel-faced Tegs Ratcliffe in 1988. 5 5 5 Responding to the latest Instagram post from the legendary Lewis Capaldi - EastEnders Sean Maguire wrote a heart breaking comment. The actor said: "Lewis been a fan for a while. Don't like talking about this sh***. "But having a tough time just now. Lost my brother six months ago. Holding it together. "But dropped my kids off this morning and played 'someone you loved' and hit differently. Then burst into tears. "I didn't know I needed it. Maybe I did. Had to pull the car over and keep singing and crying. "Thank you for the therapy. Really thank you. You helped me get back up. X" The emotional and heartfelt post comes weeks after Sean announced his brother's death on his own account. The star wrote at the time: "I've struggled to find the words or even choose the pictures for this. "Because it means that it's real but for those who don't already know our beloved brother Darren Maguire passed away on Saturday, 11th January. "He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. He was a truly remarkable man, friend, son, brother, and father. Inside EastEnders heartthrob Sean Maguire's idyllic family life "He was so loved by everyone that knew him. I'm still in so much shock. "I can barely form a sentence, but I know the world has lost one of its most beloved people and I have lost my best friend. "We love you Darren and we'll never stop loving you. Now go make them laugh and dance heaven." Sean joined BBC kids TV as angel-faced Tegs Ratcliffe in 1988. Yet his character was forced to quit Grange Hill school in 1991 when his step-dad secured a job in Germany. The English-American performer later spent a year in Albert Square as troubled teen Aidan Brosnan. Joining the soap as a 17-year-old in 1993, Sean took on tough storylines focused on homelessness and drug abuse which culminated in a near suicide attempt. While he was stopped from taking his own life by girlfriend Mandy, he blamed her for ruining his life and fled to Ireland. Sean became a pop star after leaving EastEnders, scoring eight top 30 hits including Good Day which peaked at number 12 in the UK. And he joined the cast of Scott & Bailey in 2012. Sean swapped grey Britain for sunny California in 2000 and became a US citizen just in time to vote in the presidential election. His career has gone from strength to strength in the States. He played the lead role in 300 parody Meet The Spartans, starred alongside Kevin Hart in fantasy comedy Krod Mandoon, and took over the part of Robin Hood in ABC's Once Upon A Time. In addition to acting, he also teaches aspiring thespians through his business The Players Conservatory. But most of all Sean is a proud dad of three with his former cop wife Tanya Flynn. 5 5
CTV News
13 hours ago
- CTV News
National Ride of Hope arrives in the Sault
The 7,000-kilometre bike trek being completed by Darrell Fox, Terry's brother, has arrived in the Sault on the 45th anniversary of Terry's famous cross-Canada trek.
Washington Post
2 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
Carolyn Hax: Brother's two broken engagements have family balking at his third
Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My brother has been engaged and then un-engaged twice within the past few years. Both times, he was the one who broke it off as they were in the process of wedding planning. Both women were loved and accepted by our whole family, including my young kids. It was only about 18 months between the first breakup and the second engagement.
Irish Times
3 days ago
- General
- Irish Times
If you can't say ‘I love you', a grand alternative is ‘Come here to me, you big eejit'
There are three types of 'I love you' outside of romance. The first one is activated when you are not sure if you will ever see the person again, possibly ingrained in Irish people through the intergenerational and ongoing upset of migration . Going to boarding school, with my parents a 27-hour journey away, that kind of I-love-you was underpinned by fear. Just in case we never see each other again, I love you. I give them to my husband as he lifts his bag from the hallway to go to places where worse things are happening than here. Those ones mean, 'Please come back'. The thread of fear in the goodbye-I-love-you carries through to when I hear my children say it. From the hob, I'll hear a, 'I'm going now, love you, bye!' and the slam of the front door. I'll get a call with a bunch of lads messing in the background and hear, 'Sorry, I'll be late for dinner, we're still playing in the park, love you, bye'. The second type of 'I love you' is the one that feels like someone giving you their winter jacket when you're freezing. More than ever before, I have paid attention to this one. It is rarely deployed, and it should stay this way, or it will start to lose its effect. My brother, 14 years my senior, sat at my kitchen table not so long ago. We discussed life. He understood, more than anyone else could, what I was telling him. He's a man of few words, particularly in text, which are normally limited to K (okay) or Tx (thanks). Later on, he texted, 'Love you'. I sat back down in the same chair with tears of reassurance and thanks (or Tx) streaming down my face as I texted back, 'I love you too'. It took me back 30 years, to 6pm on a wintry Sunday night, when it was time to go back to boarding school after a weekend with my adult siblings. The Simpsons was on, sirening the countdown to the dreaded bus back to the convent. He was lying on the floor watching TV, his head propped up on a stack of books. At 13, and he 27, I was tucked under his arm, head on his chest, tears soaking through his plaid shirt. He didn't try to fix it, he just held me. That's what his 'love you' text felt like. There's a good chance they won't say it back, even if they do love you On the phone to a friend who has come into my life in recent years, he told me about a debate in his head that could change the course of his life. To explore it together, he had to tell me about some difficult times. I knew he had been through something, but I had waited for him to be ready to tell me, if ever. 'I can't believe I'm after telling you all that,' he said, worried slightly about what I would think. I didn't try to influence his choice. I said, for the first time, 'I love you'. Neither of us needed to say much more after that. That one meant, 'You are safe with me'. READ MORE The last type of 'I love you' is the best one. It is the one where you can look someone in the eye, with a giddiness crackling in your chest, and, because of the fabric of who they are, and the way that they make you feel, you can't contain the words any more. This jubilant and pure 'I love you' is reserved for people whose happiness is consequential to your happiness. There's a good chance they won't say it back, even if they do love you. They'll have no bother referring to some gas character you both know and declare that they love them, but not be able to open their throat to let those words out to you, even though they've shown you in so many other ways. The speaker's tongue only needs to softly touch their teeth once to let the three syllables slip from their mouth. Don't say it to hear it back. If you are going to say it back, say it back. Adore is such a gorgeous word, and in French, 'je t'adore' sounds much more luscious than 'je t'aime', so maybe in French, I'd take it. 'I adore you,' is better than 'Cool, thanks,' but it's not 'I love you'. Being mad about someone as well is taking the ring road. It's not, 'I love you'. Used in isolation, those are excellent things to say to someone. Used as a response to I love you though, they're inadequate. 'Thank you', or 'come here to me, you big eejit,' are grand options if you can't drop the L-bomb. [ I love being called 'love', although there are some exceptions Opens in new window ] When used too much, it can feel like being deep in a stuffy department store that you didn't want to go into. When said casually, it is a receipt needlessly printed and binned without a glance. It needs to be used to a level that feels like walking up the road alone and finding €50 on the ground. Take it or give it with a sense of wonder, a thread of gratefulness, and keep it safe in your pocket for when it's needed the most.
