Mum loses all four limbs after eating uncooked fish for dinner
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum has lost all four of her limbs after eating uncooked fish.Laura Barajas contracted a bacterial infection from undercooking Tilapia fish before her fingers and feet went black in late July.
The 40-year-old had purchased the fish from a local market in San Jose and cooked it for dinner at home.This week she was forced to undergo a life-saving amputation surgery after spending months in hospital battling the deadly infection.
The mum, who has a six-year-old child, has now lost all four of her limbs.Her friend says she "almost lost her life" from the incident.Anna Messina told News 19: "It's just been really heavy on all of us.
It's terrible. This could've happened to any of us. She almost lost her life. She was on a respirator."She was placed into a medically induced coma after Laura contracted sepsis.Anna added: "Her fingers were black, her feet were black her bottom lip was black.
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