Palm Beach County man survives flesh-eating infection after 101-day hospital ordeal
TL;DR
A Boynton Beach man contracted a rare flesh-eating infection after hand cuts while landscaping, leading to a 101-day hospital stay—including a month in the ICU and five days in a coma—with doctors noting he was one day from amputation; he survived but now faces nearly seven figures in medical bills and an ongoing recovery.
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