After 12 surgeries, 14-month-old Virginia boy still fighting flesh-eating bacteria. 14-month-old Camden Burnett was just like any other one-year-old up until two weeks ago. His mothers, Miranda and Chrissy Robertson, took him to Roanoke Memorial Hospital where he flatlined, or didn't have a heartbeat or brain waves, for four-and-a-half minutes. Camden was then airlifted to UVA [...]
While there is plenty of official advice coming from the government; we just wanted to remind you to take care of yourself during the Coronavirus outbreak. Unfortunately we all have a low immune system at times. Having necrotizing fasciiitis and ongoing health problems mean we are quite vulnerable to other viruses. The Coronavirus is now [...]
When Steve Overton felt a "sharp prick" on his leg while walking his two dogs in a field last November, he thought very little of it: 'I was put in an induced coma when a flesh-eating bug attacked my body'. But within hours he was in excruciating pain, unable to walk and needed to be rushed [...]
THREE years ago Donna Corden's life changed when, after waking from a coma, she was met with the words: 'Your face is missing.' She had fallen victim to the flesh-eating bug necrotising fasciitis after a minor cut became infected. Now, after 10 operations, Donna says she is doing 'much better'. 'I've still got a long [...]