Man Left Fighting For His Life From Infection Caused By Dog Licking Him
By Dreamer
David Money, from Manchester, UK, ended up spending almost six weeks in a coma and was covered in huge red blisters after he caught an infection from being licked by a dog. The dog's saliva entered an open wound.
He was bandaged neck to toe after he suffered tennis-ball sized blisters all over his body when a dog slobbered on a small open cut.
David was in hospital for five months battling the infection which saw his legs suffer injuries usually only seen in people who suffer 90 per cent burns.
*You can see the images of the infection on his body here - http://www.mirror.co.uk/ Warning, they are graphic.
Money lost both kidneys and almost died, but is still a big dog lover.
“I'm disabled, I can barely walk, I've lost my job and I nearly died. My life has been completely turned upside down and to think it's from a bacteria from a dog is a mind-blowing thing. The pain I went through was indescribable. To actually sweat with pain is absolutely horrendous.”
He continued: “We are far more aware of the dogs now but I would never get rid of my dogs. I can't believe what has happened to me, but I cherish them.”
Symptoms of the infection first appeared in April of last year, and he was about to go to sleep when he felt severe pain in both legs.
Former hospital administrator Julie took him to hospital when he started to feel a piercing and burning sensation on his skin, and dark marks appeared on his face.
Medics diagnosed an infection and his condition rapidly deteriorated, until he was screaming out in pain and his skin started to 'bubble' as the infection spread.
Huge blisters formed all over his body - including his hands which saw his fingers tripled in size and put in plastic bags to control infection.
The staff eventually diagnosed the infection as capnocytophaga, often seen in the mouth and saliva of canines.
Doctors determined that Money's chance of surviving would be highest if he was put in an induced coma. His partner was instructed to consider her "final goodbyes" as he might not emerge from the coma.
"It was so shocking how quickly things happened," she explained. "They didn't think he was going to make it through the night. He told me he loved me and I said the same and we said our goodbyes. He was gasping for breath and had this face mask on. It was devastating."
The infection was finally stabilized around two months later, but not before Money lost a toe and both kidneys. Money got out of the hospital last fall, and is hoping to get a kidney transplant in 2017.
Source: IB Times
Photo: IB Times
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