'I lost half my belly to a flesh-eating bug after horror C-section'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA mum who was given just hours to live after losing half her belly to a flesh-eating bug has spoken of her horror. Amy Hiner, 40, suffered sepsis and necrotising fasciitis following a C-section to deliver her second child Evie.
The mum developed a burning fever and agonising pain in her stomach five days after the birth. Doctors diagnosed a Strep A infection caused by 'retained products' in her womb.
But specialists were alarmed when they then recognised apparent 'bruises' on Amy's lower tummy as patches of dead tissue. The Strep A infection had developed into sepsis and then the potentially-fatal flesh-eating bug necrotising fasciitis. READ MORE: 'I thought my new husband had a cold - the real diagnosis is a death sentence' Amy - who said it felt like "piranhas in my tummy" - was rushed to theatre to have the 'retained products' removed and the deadly infected flesh cut away.
But mum-of-two Amy's condition continued to worsen and the black patches were still on her tummy. Given just hours to live, she went back under the knife, with surgeons cutting inches deep from her belly button to her bikini line in a desperate bid to save her life.
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