An Alabama man had to have a six-inch piece of tissue cut from his thigh after contracting a flesh-eating bacterial infection from the water where he took his kids kayaking. Ricky Rutherford, 41, is fighting for his life in the intensive care unit at the North Alabama Medical Center. Last Saturday, the Rutherford family, including their eight children went kayaking with friends in a creek near their home in Waterloo. A flesh-eating bacterial infection spread along Ricky Rutherford's thigh, causing horrifying blisters after the 41-year-old went kayaking in an Alabama River'It’s been up and down, touch and go,' Ricky's wife, Cassey, told WAFF 48. Doctors took samples to culture, too, and soon confirmed that Ricky had necrotizing fasciitis, or a 'flesh-eating infection,' although the germ causing it has not been identified.

Source: Daily Mail July 16, 2019 22:07 UTC