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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Daniela Loffreda & Kit Roberts & Kieren Williams

Man has both legs amputated days before he turns 21 after catching the flu

A young man was forced to have both of his legs amputated just days before he celebrated his 21st birthday.

Levi Dewey became one of the sickest patients in the country, his parents were told, when he was struck down with a form of flu and pneumonia that later developed in sepsis.

The 20-year-old had previously led an active lifestyle, loving playing football, before he fell sick.

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