Newsweek... A couple of weekends ago, eight-year-old Liam Flanagan fell off his bike. The open wound on his thigh dripped with blood, and so his family took their son to the emergency room, reported the Associated Press. After receiving stitches, all seemed fine—until it didn't. His flesh was being eaten alive due to a bacterial infection known as necrotizing fasciitis.
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As the AP explained, Liam’s mother, Sara Hebard, and stepfather, Scott Hinkle, grew concerned on Wednesday when the boy complained of groin pain. Hinkle looked at Liam’s arm and instantly knew something was wrong.
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"It was purplish-red and gangrenous looking," he said. "We threw him in the rig and went like hell."
The child had surgery at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, Oregon. He was then relocated by an air ambulance to the Doernbecher Children's Hospital on Thursday, whe
Poster Comment:
Maybe should have wasehd wound lathering it with soap suds immediately after crash.