[greekdee]

She's a true miracle. Her initial chances of survival were "slim to none." What an amazing young woman she is!

My husband almost died of this 12 years ago. The point of entry was his leg, but they never determined what opened him up to it. He had been in the woods just days prior and a tick or spider bite was always suspect, but never confirmed. Like Aimee, he went to an E.R. here in the Atlanta area, but was initially sent home with pain meds and antibiotics. Within days, he was so sick they only gave him about a 40 percent chance of survival before going into emergency surgery. He spent a month in the hospital undergoing skin graphs and I can't even remember how many operations -- at least four.

He ended up making a full recovery, but man -- that is one brutal infection.