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Local man 'lucky to be standing here' after surviving flesh-eating bacteria
WPTV • • health
Key Points:
- Andy Stough, a Palm Beach County man, survived a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection after being hospitalized for 101 days, including a month in the ICU and five days in a coma.
- The infection began from minor cuts on his hands sustained while landscaping near the Intracoastal Waterway, which worsened rapidly into a severe condition.
- Stough was close to having his arms amputated and nearly died, but he was eventually released and is now physically recovering, though he will never regain full movement in his hands and arms.
- Infectious disease specialist Dr. Olayemi Osiyemi confirmed that such infections can result from minor cuts exposed to water or soil, and while rare, cases have been seen in Palm Beach County.
- Stough faces significant medical debt approaching nearly seven figures but remains grateful for his survival and the second chance at life.
