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I lost all four limbs from strep

Por: New York Post Life December 07, 2022

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A quadruple amputee spoke out about his devastating experience with Strep A on Tuesday after cases of the virus started to rise again. Alex Lewis said that he was diagnosed with the condition in 2013 and only given a 3% chance of survival, . The 42-year-old father said that he woke up Nov. 17, 2013, in unbearable pain and that his skin had started turning purple. According to Lewis, he initially believed that he had contracted “man flu,”... + full article



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