Can this day get any worse!?!

My Mom sent this to me! Momma NOOOOOOO!!!

MSNBC.com January 29, 2007

Pedicure blamed for woman's death

Lawsuit claims woman developed bacterial infection from whirlpool
Updated: 4:37 p.m. PT Aug 8, 2006
SAN JOSE, CALIF. - The mother of a woman who died in June has sued a nail
salon alleging an infection from a pedicure contributed to her daughter's
death.

Jessica Mears, of Sunnyvale, died in late June at age 43. Her mother,
Diana Mears, filed a wrongful death lawsuit last week in Santa Clara
County Superior Court against Top Hair and Nails Salon of Mountain View.
The suit claims Jessica Mears contracted a bacterial infection during a
2004 pedicure at the salon that left a large lesion on her left calf.
Jessica Mears had lupus, a chronic disease that compromises the immune
system, and the lesion never completely healed, said Robert Bohn Jr., the
San Jose attorney representing Diana Mears.
A final autopsy report for Jessica Mears will not be complete for several
weeks, the Santa Clara County coroner's office said.
A number of women have reported similar infections following pedicures.
They are believed to be caused by harmful bacteria that accumulate in
improperly cleaned whirlpool foot baths.
An outbreak traced to a single salon in Santa Cruz County affected more
than 100 pedicure customers in October 2000. Another outbreak of skin
infections, involving 33 different salons and over 140 customers in Santa
Clara County, was reported in November 2004.
No previous deaths in California have been attributed to bacteria from
pedicures, according to California's Department of Consumer Affairs.

Now what am I going to do? Live in fear of getting the one thing I pamper myself with! Ahhhhh!!!! Not fair! Not fair! Not fair!

I guess if I die...I die with pretty looking toes? Not funny...