CNN - A tick bite led to amputations on all four of an Oklahoma woman's limbs. Doctors did it to save Jo Rogers' life from the aggressive bacteria the insect passed on.
It's the worst case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever they'd seen, Roger's cousin Lisa Morgan told CNN affiliate KOCO.
Rogers fought for her life on a ventilator in a medically induced coma. Her family is now focusing her attention on getting through this.
"You're going to get to watch your boys grow up," her cousin Lisa Morgan tells her. Rogers, 40, has two sons, ages 12 and 17.
The intensity of Rogers' case may be rare, but infections unfortunately are not.
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2 comments:
Why do so many doctors on the shore refuse to treat tick borne disease. Many local uneducated doctors try to convince the family and the patient's family that the illness is all mental. Tell that to this poor lady. Tell it to many local people who have suffered irreversible nerve damage from it. People need to sue these local doctors that continually misdiagnose lymes, Rocky Mountain and West Nile. What happened to doctors who actually cared about their patients. Shore Docs suck !!!
Government born disease.
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