A mom of three who was attacked by a flesh-eating bacteria that has killed other individuals and forced them to have limbs amputated has survived the terrifying ordeal.
Debbie Woolhead, from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, fell over on the gravel path major to her house but imagined practically nothing of the tiny reduce, which did not even rip her jeans.
The following day, Ms Woolhead found that the lower had substantially increased in size and was persuaded to go to hospital by her worried family.
Nightmare scenario: Debbie Woolhead thought practically nothing of the tiny reduce she suffered after falling on her driveway – but the injury speedily produced into a large wound
Fortunate: Ms Woolhead, her daughter Amie Carver and the rest of the family are delighted she has beaten the killer disease
Medical doctors diagnosed a flesh-consuming disease and broke the news to her loved ones that she was unlikely to survive.
The disease, recognized as Necrotizing Fasciitis, has sparked panic in Georgia, exactly where four victims have contracted it.
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