Posted on 07/01/2012 5:47:48 PM PDT by presidio9
Despite what you may have read, experts insist there’s no flesh-eating bacteria outbreak in the United States. But if recent high-profile cases of necrotizing fasciitis have shed light on the disease, which affects about 15,000 people each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control, then more good than harm has been done, they say.
Melissa Croucher is just happy to have her dad back. Melissa’s father, Tad Hawley, lost his leg to a flesh-eating bacteria around Easter. He became sick Sunday afternoon; the following afternoon, we were saying our goodbyes,” said Hawley’s daughter Melissa. It took only 32 hours for the bacteria to take over his body.
“It happened so fast. At first I wasn’t in pain. Then, in just a few minutes, I was in a lot of pain. That’s when I guess the infection took over,” said Hawley. The physician, Croucher, came in and said, “Mr. Hawley, you have a very serious condition. You have flesh-eating bacteria that is ravaging your body. I’m not sure you’re going to live.”
Croucher was there with her dad in the hospital. She said his leg looked like something out of a science fiction movie.“There was tremendous amounts of swelling. There was discoloration. It looked like a child came in with a marker and colored all over his leg. He had large blisters. His leg was oozing blood and puss. It was terrifying.”
This brings the number of recent NF cases in the National spotlight to four.
The medical term for this flesh-eating bacteria is Necrotizing Fasciitis, or NF for
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/johnny
.... Well ..... if it does, I'm sure it'll be Bush's fault!!!
Your mama’s so fat she got a flesh eating disease and the doctor gave her 99 years to live. :>)
Gawd I hope so.
Headline: Supreme Court rules flesh eating bacteria
a tax.
Pelosi says it’s what you deserve if you don’t get
Obamacare.
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Good One!
Zombie Apocalypse . Sounds like the title of a 1950’s sci-fi movie !
Yes!
OUCH! Is it safe to assume there is some personal experience here?
Even she would have LOLed at that. ;)
/johnny
Nah... I just woke up one morning and decided, what the heck, I'll be celibate and impoverished for the rest of my natural life.
And that's the way it's been for 10 years.
I can cook anything I can catch, drink anything I can brew and smoking is allowed.
My front drapes are a $1 rain pancho from a state fair. Who married can do that?
/johnny
Sorry. I didn’t mean YOUR mom.
“”Zombie apocalypse: Will flesh-eating bacteria exterminate all life on planet earth?””
Isn’t that what Communism is for?
Guess I’m lucky. Took me 46 years to get married, but I found the right one. Had some friends that have gone through hell, tho.
Well, I’ve had Plantar Fasciitis, but never Necrotizing Fasciitis...It hurt like hell, for months. But no one issued a Zombie alert.
Hehe..Excellent !
“flesh-eating bacteria” heck around here we call them democrats.
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