{"id":67434,"date":"2023-09-18T19:56:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/?p=67434"},"modified":"2023-09-18T19:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:56:52","slug":"warning-as-mum-40-loses-all-four-limbs-after-eating-under-cooked-fish-for-dinner-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/lifestyle\/warning-as-mum-40-loses-all-four-limbs-after-eating-under-cooked-fish-for-dinner-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning as mum, 40, loses all four limbs after eating under-cooked fish for dinner | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAURA Barajas couldn't have foreseen that the simple act of cooking herself dinner would send her life on an "unexpected and devastating turn". <\/p>\n

The 40-year-old mum-of-one bought tilapia fish from her local market in San Jose, California, last month. <\/p>\n

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She cooked it for herself and ate it for dinner at the end of a long day. <\/p>\n

"Little did she know that this simple act would change her life forever," her friend Anna Messina wrote in a GoFundMe shared on her behalf. <\/p>\n

By the following day, Laura knew something was "terribly wrong". <\/p>\n

She then spent over a month fighting for her life in hospital where she was diagnosed with a dangerous bacterial infection called Vibrio vulnificus, which medics believe was brought on by consuming the fish. <\/p>\n

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Anna told News19 that Laura had almost lost her life battling the terrible infection and she was placed in a medically induced coma. <\/p>\n

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"Her fingers were black, her feet were black, her bottom lip was black," the mum's friend said.<\/p>\n

"She had complete\u00a0sepsis\u00a0and her kidneys were failing."<\/p>\n

Laura lost all of her limbs to the infection as she underwent quadruple amputation to save her life, Anna said. <\/p>\n

"It's just been really heavy on all of us. It's terrible. This could've happened to any of us," she added. <\/p>\n

Anna launched a GoFundMe to help support Laura, her partner and son, who have been rocked these devastating developments. <\/p>\n

"This family is in desperate need of our help," she wrote. <\/p>\n

"The mounting hospital bills are overwhelming, and Laura's physical condition will necessitate significant changes to their lives as they adapt to her new circumstances."<\/p>\n

She emphasised that what happened to Laura could happen to anyone. <\/p>\n

According to the CDC, Vibrio vulnificus is "known to cause life-threatening infections". <\/p>\n

"About 150 to 200\u00a0Vibrio vulnificus\u00a0infections are reported to CDC each year and about one in five people with this infection die – sometimes within one to two days of becoming ill," it says. <\/p>\n

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