I thought I had just a small cut while out gardening – but I caught a FLESH-EATING bug from my flower beds [Video]

A WOMAN thought she only had a small cut – but nearly died after catching a flesh-eating bug from her flower beds.

Louise Fawcett, 58, was enjoying a spot of gardening at her Chesterfield home and thought nothing when she scraped her foot on some shingle in April this year.

Louise feels ‘lucky to be alive’ after contracting a flesh eating bugCredit: SWNS

She nearly lost her foot after the life-threatening infection ate away at her skinCredit: SWNS

Louise went to the hospital after waking up to her foot looking swollen and purpleCredit: SWNS

However, when it rapidly began to swell up, the vision rehabilitation officer felt “pretty unwell”.

Louise, from Yorkshire, said: “I couldn’t wear shoes for dinner for Mark’s birthday. I couldn’t put any weight on it,” Louise explained.

The redness was creeping. It was changing before their eyes

Louise Fawcett

She gave it a few days before going …

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