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...Today, at their lake house, Mike Bales told 13WMAZ's Austin Lewis that he hasn't been back in the water since.
But he said he would go back into Lake Sinclair, and would let his children back in. He said he doesn't want the lake to get a "bad rap."
A cafeteria worker at Pittsburgh's federal office building is being treated for possible flesh-eating bacteria, but health officials say those who also work or eat at the facility face no threat.
Officials with the Allegheny County Health Department and the General Services Administration, which runs the Moorhead Federal Building downtown, say the..
http://www.wpxi.com/ap/ap/pennsylvania/w-pa-cafe-worker-may-have-flesh-eating-bug/
As Lana Kuykendall remained in critical condition battling necrotizing fasciitis, her friends and colleagues are holding prayer vigils, raising money and now donating blood to help.
Kuykendall, a paramedic at Greenville Hospital System, noticed a lesion on her leg after giving birth to healthy twins on May 7 at an Atlanta hospital.
She was soon hospitalized for what turned out to be the flesh-eating bacteria and has undergone at least seven surgeries to remove dead tissue from her legs, officials said.
Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially fatal bacterial infection that occurs when bacteria, often Group A Strep, destroy the soft tissue, which becomes gangrenous and must be removed, according to the National Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are between 550 and 1,000 cases of necrotizing fasciitis each year. About one in four patients dies.
Kuykendall’s family and friends have rallied to her support, along with the community, both locally and nationally, hospital officials said.
A fund was set up for the 36-year-old Piedmont woman at the GHS Federal Credit Union within days of her hospitalization and on Sunday, her colleagues held a prayer vigil for her.
Another first-responder has been selling $10 bracelets in an effort called Loops for Lana, according to GHS.
And now Kuykendall’s fellow first-responders plan a blood drive on Thursday.
“She is part of the EMS family, so we’ve invited EMS to support her and give blood in her honor,” said Lisa Hubbard, a supervisor with Medshore Ambulance Service in Greenville.
“It can happen to anybody, but when it happens to someone like this, it hits home,” she said.
“We want to let her know we’re thinking about her and we’re with her in her fight.”
The drive will be held at Medshore Ambulance Service in Greenville across from Greenville Memorial Hospital from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Kuykendall’s husband, Darren, a firefighter, said in a statement Sunday that he was touched by the outpouring of love and support.
For information about helping, contact the GHS Federal Credit Union, 211 Patewood Drive, Greenville; call 864-455-7112, or go to www.facebook.com/#!/ LoopsForLana.
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20120523/NEWS/305230022/Friends-help-woman-fighting-fleshing-eating-bacteria?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs&nclick_check=1
Officials with the Allegheny County Health Department and the General Services Administration, which runs the Moorhead Federal Building downtown, say the..
http://www.wpxi.com/ap/ap/pennsylvania/w-pa-cafe-worker-may-have-flesh-eating-bug/
Friends help woman fighting fleshing-eating bacteria
Mom remains in critical condition
As Lana Kuykendall remained in critical condition battling necrotizing fasciitis, her friends and colleagues are holding prayer vigils, raising money and now donating blood to help.Kuykendall, a paramedic at Greenville Hospital System, noticed a lesion on her leg after giving birth to healthy twins on May 7 at an Atlanta hospital.
She was soon hospitalized for what turned out to be the flesh-eating bacteria and has undergone at least seven surgeries to remove dead tissue from her legs, officials said.
Necrotizing fasciitis is a potentially fatal bacterial infection that occurs when bacteria, often Group A Strep, destroy the soft tissue, which becomes gangrenous and must be removed, according to the National Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are between 550 and 1,000 cases of necrotizing fasciitis each year. About one in four patients dies.
Kuykendall’s family and friends have rallied to her support, along with the community, both locally and nationally, hospital officials said.
A fund was set up for the 36-year-old Piedmont woman at the GHS Federal Credit Union within days of her hospitalization and on Sunday, her colleagues held a prayer vigil for her.
Another first-responder has been selling $10 bracelets in an effort called Loops for Lana, according to GHS.
And now Kuykendall’s fellow first-responders plan a blood drive on Thursday.
“She is part of the EMS family, so we’ve invited EMS to support her and give blood in her honor,” said Lisa Hubbard, a supervisor with Medshore Ambulance Service in Greenville.
“It can happen to anybody, but when it happens to someone like this, it hits home,” she said.
“We want to let her know we’re thinking about her and we’re with her in her fight.”
The drive will be held at Medshore Ambulance Service in Greenville across from Greenville Memorial Hospital from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Kuykendall’s husband, Darren, a firefighter, said in a statement Sunday that he was touched by the outpouring of love and support.
For information about helping, contact the GHS Federal Credit Union, 211 Patewood Drive, Greenville; call 864-455-7112, or go to www.facebook.com/#!/ LoopsForLana.
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20120523/NEWS/305230022/Friends-help-woman-fighting-fleshing-eating-bacteria?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs&nclick_check=1
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