Single mom recovering from triple amputation brought on by rare strep throat
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg woman is recovering in hospital after developing a rare type of strep throat that forced doctors to amputate both her legs and one of her arms.
Cari Kirkness, 28, thought she had come down with the flu when she went to the emergency room at Health Sciences Centre last month.
But doctors diagnosed her with Group A Streptococcus, a rare type of bacterium that can cause different infections.
Within 24 hours, Kirkness was told they needed to amputate one of her arms and a leg due to complications from the infection.