43-year old Peg McQueary was enjoying life with her family in Roseville, California and showing her prized Bernese mountain dogs. But she nicked her leg while shaving and two weeks later found herself suffering from a leg infection, fever, nausea, and extreme fatigue. She had contracted a superbug called MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureas) that day and is still battling that enemy three years later as recurrent boils and sores refuse to heal. There's a war between bugs and drugs, and the bugs are winning," said McQueary. Despite all the different antibiotics and precautions she takes, the infection keeps coming back. Before the infection took over her life, McQueary and her husband used to make their living showing their prized Bernese mountain dogs. With the constant pain and therapy she can't do that anymore.

McQueary recommends that people who believe they show signs of the infection should insist on a culture for MRSA. It's a sad but true statement that you have to be your own health advocate. Many doctors and ER staff do not recognize the symptoms of MRSA (which, in this day and age, is unbelievable). In order to educate the public and help them become their own health advocates, McQueary is a moderator of a MRSA Forum on MRSAResources.com. To read more about McQueary's story, please visit ABC News' website here and to access the MRSA Resources website, please click here.