A Sacramento preacher is the sixth victim of the flesh-eating bacteria, necrotizing fasciitis.
Linda Snyder, Sacramento’s United Methodist preacher of ten years, passed away after developing the flesh-eating bacteria on January 6. The bacteria infected a wound Ms. Snyder previously developed. The infection scarred Ms. Snyder’s lung and eventually caused her to develop pneumonia.
This past week the University of South Carolina held a blood drive to honor another victim of the flesh-eating bacteria. Aimee Copeland had to have her leg, her foot, and both of her hands amputated as a result of the disease. The University of South Carolina, her father’s alma mater, and her alma mater, the University of Georgia held a “Border Bash” blood drive in her honor.
Miss Copeland’s father, Andy, said his daughter was making a speedy recovery and should be out of the intensive care unit in the hospital and should be moved to the hospital’s rehabilitation clinic towards the end of the month.
Miss Copeland contracted the bacteria after falling from a homemade zip-line into the Little Tallapoosa River and cutting her leg on a rock.
A South Carolina woman has also been a victim of the disease. Louise Thompson had to undergo emergency surgery to remove infected flesh from her leg, which left her in a coma for five days.
Other victims of the disease include:
- A new mother, Lana Kuykendall, who contracted the disease right after giving birth
- A 33 year old man, Bobby Vaughn, who had to have two pounds of flesh removed from his groin
- Paul Bales, who was fixing a dock when he cut his leg on May 1st.
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