Getting Real Scary!

New mom in South Carolina fighting flesh-eating bacteria

Lana Kuykendall is in critical but stable condition. It is unclear how she contracted the bacteria."The sad part about it is that she hasn't gotten to see the babies for the first week of their lives," says Darren Kuykendall.

Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland, 24, grabbed national headlines after she contracted the infection from a zip-lining accident on May 1. She fell near the Little Tallapoosa River and the bacteria entered her body through a gash in her leg. Most of her left leg has been amputated, and she will also lose her fingers, according to a report in the Associated Press. Doctors are using a process that accelerates healing to save her palms.

Sean Helgesen says he got lucky in his battle four years ago with the bacteria in a Daily Beast article.A pulled muscle during a workout quickly escalated into excruciating pain, flu-like symptoms, and immobility in his arm. He was rushed into surgery and flesh from his armpit to his hip was removed. The procedure saved his life. Helgesen did not have any external cuts or scrapes, and doctors concluded that the strep bacteria was present in his system when he pulled the muscle.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57436196-10391704/new-case-of-flesh-eating-bacteria-reported-in-s.c-mom/