Instead of improving, his condition worsened and he became feverish and noticed blood in his urine.<\/h2>\n
As he could feel something was very wrong, he went to the hospital where doctors told him he contracted a streptococcal infection (type A). Unfortunately, at that point, the infection penetrated deep into the tissue and the organs and caused sepsis. Alex had contracted shock syndrome, septicemia, and necrotizing fascitis \u2013 and his body was attacking itself from the inside out.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI called an ambulance, and within eight minutes, they were there. At the hospital, we went straight into resuscitation, and I was told to say goodbye. His kidneys were shutting down, and they were going to put him on life support,\u201d wife Lucy\u00a0told\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>.<\/p>\n Doctors\u2019 prognosis were dull. They told the family there were just three percent chance that Alex would survive as his face and body turned black.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were going to turn my life support off, but they wanted to give me one more night to see if I improved, and they wanted to give my family a chance to say goodbye,\u201d Alex told Metro.<\/p>\n \u201cI cannot imagine what Lucy and my mum were going through.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving spoken to them since it happened, I think they were more in shock as they couldn\u2019t believe something so incredibly invasive was happening so quickly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t remember being in excruciating pain at this point, but my family remembers seeing me in absolute agony.\u201d<\/p>\n It was determined that a flesh-eating bacteria was poisoning his body so doctors had to amputate his left arm up to the elbow. Sadly, as months passed by, Alex lost all of his limbs and doctors were also forced to cut parts of his face in order to save his life.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/alexlewis1-scaled-1.jpg\")
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