A Tampa man nearly lost his leg in a family fight. The photo showed Donnie Adams’ thigh two days after he was bitten by a family member in February. He went to the hospital to get a tetanus shot and antibiotics. “On the third day my legs hurt so much I couldn’t walk. It was very hot and very painful,” Adams said. Mr. Adams knew he needed to go to the HCA emergency room in Pasadena, Florida. “I looked at him and said he needed to take you to the operating room,” said osteopathic internist Dr. Fritz Brink. Dr. Brink knew he had an infection. “As he awoke from the anesthesia, I said to him, ‘I’m so sorry you found it worse than you expected,'” Brink said. They found necrotizing fasciitis, a bacterium, and Adams needed a second surgery because the bacteria were still destroying his muscles. I never imagined it would turn into ,” Adams said. It is possible. Brink says people have dirty mouths and bad bacteria in their teeth and gums. “If I had waited until the day after his second visit, I could have lost my leg,” Adams said. He could also have gone into potentially fatal septic shock, which was fatal for Adams’ brother, 47. “What you see now is not just a scar, it’s the beauty that comes after,” Adams said. Adams re-learns to walk through meditation, prayer, and a positive attitude, and shares her story to help others.Top headline: Authorities arrest Ocala woman for shooting her neighbor dead through door ‘World’s largest’ Bushy store to open soon Father who saved son and friend from rip current in her Daytona Beach death
A Tampa man nearly lost his leg in a family fight.
The photo showed Donnie Adams’ thigh two days after he was bitten by a family member in February.
He went to the hospital to get a tetanus shot and antibiotics.
“On the third day my legs hurt so much I couldn’t walk. It was very hot and very painful,” Adams said.
Adams knew he needed to go to the HCA Florida Pasadena emergency room.
“I looked at him and said he needed to take you to the operating room,” said osteopathic physician Dr. Fritz Brink.
Blink knew he had an infection.
“As he awoke from the anesthesia, I said to him, ‘I’m so sorry you found it worse than I expected,'” Brink said.
Brink found necrotizing fasciitis, a bacteria that eats people, on Adams’ leg.
Adams needed a second surgery because the bacteria were still destroying his muscles.
“I never imagined that a human bite could turn into something as terrifying as a bacteria that eats people,” Adams said.
It is possible. Brink says people have dirty mouths and bad bacteria in their teeth and gums.
“If I had waited until the day after the second visit, I could have lost my leg,” Adams said.
He could also have gone into potentially fatal septic shock, which was fatal for Adams’ brother, 47.
“What you’re seeing now isn’t just a scar, it’s the beauty that followed,” Adams said.
Adams re-learns to walk through meditation, prayer, and a positive attitude, and shares her story to help others.
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