Flesh-Eating Bacteria Claims Teen's Leg(with gross pic)

[kwillia]

A Central Florida teen is recovering Tuesday after a flesh-eating bacteria forced doctors to amputate most of his leg, according to a Local 6 News report.

Nathan Dooley, 19, who is a recent Lake Mary High School graduate, recently received a cut on his leg after falling from his dirt bike during a ride at his new home in Oregon. The cut quickly became infected with what is known as flesh-eating bacteria and began to spread, Local 6 News reported.

"It's an absolute freak thing," Dooley's father Roger Dooley said from his Orange County, Fla., home. "He literally fought for his life for six days. He was in a drug-induced coma basically."

 

[Suz]

A Central Florida teen is recovering Tuesday after a flesh-eating bacteria forced doctors to amputate most of his leg, according to a Local 6 News report.

Poor kid!! It is pretty gross to look at but keep in mind most of what you see is the bandages..............

Makes me wonder exactly how long this went on before they sought medical treatment........

 

[itsbob]

A Central Florida teen is recovering Tuesday after a flesh-eating bacteria forced doctors to amputate most of his leg, according to a Local 6 News report.

THAT's not a gross pic.. I was sent a gross pic yesterday... The effect a .50 caliber round has on a suicide bombers head.. now THAT was gross..

 

[CMC122]

Poor kid. One cut on his leg has changed his life forever.

 

[itsbob]

Poor kid!! It is pretty gross to look at but keep in mind most of what you see is the bandages..............

Makes me wonder exactly how long this went on before they sought medical treatment........

I'm guessing from the article NOT very long.. Sounds like the parents are responsilbe for saving his life by getting him to the hospital as quick as they did..

 

[Llwynog]

Makes me wonder exactly how long this went on before they sought medical treatment........

Seeking is one thing. Getting it is another.

One morning I woke up with a sore spot on my arm. I just figured I had bumped into something and forgot. About midday I notice that it’s bulging. I started calling around to get a doctor appointment. The soonest one I could get was a week away. :angry:

I'm not the kind to go to the hospital for trivial things but my aunt, who is a nurse, was ready to drag me there herself. So I get to the emergency room and the doctor scolds me for waiting so long to come in (less than 15 hrs :shrug: ). He puts me on an antibiotic and tells me I'll have to get it cut and drained in a week. Oh lucky me I already had an appointment.

 

[sleuth]

Seeking is one thing. Getting it is another.

One morning I woke up with a sore spot on my arm. I just figured I had bumped into something and forgot. About midday I notice that it’s bulging. I started calling around to get a doctor appointment. The soonest one I could get was a week away. :angry:

I'm not the kind to go to the hospital for trivial things but my aunt, who is a nurse, was ready to drag me there herself. So I get to the emergency room and the doctor scolds me for waiting so long to come in (less than 15 hrs :shrug: ). He puts me on an antibiotic and tells me I'll have to get it cut and drained in a week. Oh lucky me I already had an appointment.

So what was it?

 

[Llwynog]

So what was it?

It was a Carbuncle.
Also known as: Furuncle, abscess, or boil

Four years latter I still have a scar.

 

[Lenny]

I'm guessing from the article NOT very long.

This bacteria is rapidly disastrous! It can spread and kill over a few hours if it's in the right part of the body.

The kid is lucky and his parents are saints!