A man was 'near death' and 'fighting for his life for a week' after a flesh-eating bug started to attack his body after he had surgery in Costa Rica.
Tanja Willis, 49, told of her family's horrific ordeal after they found out her brother was hospitalised in Costa Rica with a flesh eating disease. Colin Graw 47, from Parbold, went to the Caribbean after receiving an investment opportunity, and was due to come back to the UK at the end of January. During Colin's time there, he was scheduled in for a minor, day-long operation, one not likely to require him to stay the night. Colin was discharged that same day, but soon began experiencing intense and severe pain, LancsLive reports.
Four days later, he returned to hospital where doctors realised Colin was suffering from necrotising fasciitis, a rare but serious bacterial infection that affects the tissue beneath the skin and surrounding muscles and organs. Doctors then discovered the infection was so bad Colin had also contracted Fournier’s Gangrene, a type of necrotizing fasciitis that affects the scrotum, penis or perineum.
