Category Archives: Survivors
Survivor Stories: Clive Marshall, Bristol England
Here’s another survivor story. Clive Marshall is a 42-year old dad from Bristol who was infected with the Streptococcus A bacteria which causes the flesh-eating disease. He survived the infection with the help of the staff of the Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI).
Monica Jorge: Inspiring Survivor
You’ve already read about the story of Tanya Gludau, the 34-year-old chef who lost her right upper body when she got infected with the necrotizing fasciitis and who appeared on Oprah to share her story. Now here’s another survivor, Monica Jorge, who’s got an equally inspiring story. From the Boston Globe:
Flesh Eating Bacteria Survivor: Liz Haley, Australia
Here’s an inspiring story of a 61-year old Australian woman who survived the deadly flesh-eating bacteria and who is now working to help raise funds to buy a machine for a local hospital which helped her beat the disease. You go, girl! From the Daily Mercury, by Fallon Hudson:
Stories: Eric Cornell, Nobel Laureate
Who can get infected with the flesh-eating bug? Ordinary people like you, me and Tanya Gludau. Celebrities like Michael Jackson. Olympic medalists like Australian swimmer Grant Hackett. And, as you will note when you read the interview below, Nobel Prize winners like Eric Cornell. Professor Cornell, co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1995, [...]
Stories: Tanya Gludau
One of the things I want to do with this blog is to provide a space where we learn about this disease through the stories of people who were infected by it. One such story is the touching tale of Tanya Gludau, a chef who contracted the bacteria when she accidentally cut a finger while [...]
Michael Jackson’s Flesh Eating Virus
I decided to make a blog about the flesh-eating virus when I read in the news that Michael Jackson was stricken by it. Michael being Michael I went, “Huh! There goes the has-been King of Pop making up a disease for himself. A flesh-eating virus? Really? He must think he’s living in a science horror [...]
