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Melbourne mum left fighting for life after catching flesh eating bug in garden – Yahoo News Australia
“I tried to be brave and stayed at home too long before agreeing to be taken to hospital. It was almost too late for me and I’m lucky to be alive.”
A green-thumbed nurse and Melbourne mother of two was left fighting for her life when she caught a flesh-eating bug while doing the gardening. Now, after a life-changing battle, she has fought her way back to the garden.
Jodie Wylie, 50, suffered a migraine and found a large bruise on her right thigh after tending to her plants. Like anyone would, she initially dismissed it.
But the mum was soon rushed to hospital where she was diagnosed with Necrotising Fasciitis, a severe infection which saw…
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