Charleigh Boyne was rushed to hospital less than a week after giving birth
A mum was left in shock when, days after childbirth, she discovered a mysterious burn on her body, which turned out to be a grim sign of a flesh-eating condition.
Over a 48-hour period, she experienced fleeting moments of alertness interspersed with intense shivering episodes indicative of sepsis, bone-deep chills that seemed unstoppable. "I felt my body would burst, a temperature so high no one could control it, deep sleeping episodes not even a earthquake would've woke me, and a rash so aggressive and spreading by the second it worried everyone.
Necrotising fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating disease, is a bacterial infection that causes the body's soft tissue to literally die. It is a severe disease that can spread rapidly and requires immediate surgical treatment. The new mum underwent a gruelling six-hour operation to remove all the dead tissue, and was then placed in a medically-induced coma to aid her recovery. she continued: "When I woke up, I was told it was two days later and that I was going to be okay."
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