A Florida father has been fighting for his life after getting infected with a flesh-eating bacteria that left his leg covered in giant, bursting blisters, his family said.
Ben West, 38, was infected with Vibrio Vulnificus after he went crabbing and mullet fishing with his family in Port St. Joe on August 23, according to a GoFundMe and local news reports. Three days later, West became confused and disoriented, and his fiancée, Janie Knowles, brought him to the hospital, where he received the diagnosis, she told WJHG.
