17-Year-Old Dancer Recovers from Flesh-Eating Bacteria: 'Miracle Child'

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Olivia Kiger-Camilo, a 17-year-old dancer from West Virginia, was diagnosed with a rare flesh-eating bacteria several months ago, and although the disease can be fatal, she has recovered.

Kiger-Camilo was at a dance competition in March when she noticed a bleeding open wound in her foot that was causing her intense pain, but she focused on the competition and kept dancing.

“As a dancer, as an athlete, you kind of just brush it aside,” Kiger-Camilo toldWTRF. “I thought I maybe broke a toe. As the night went on and as we finally got back home, my pain just kept growing and growing.”

Kiger-Camilo’s foot had become black and blue, and she had low blood pressure and a high temperature that reached 103-degrees.

Her condition was identified as an extremely rare case of mono-microbial necrotizing fasciitis, which can be deadly.

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Kiger-Camilo expressed her gratitude to the WVU Medicine Children’s team, as she is now healthy and will be able to dance again.

On Aug. 6, Kiger-Camilo will be honored as a “Miracle Child” during the WVU Medicine Children’sGala at Oglebay Resort.

“The transport team saved my life and it saves lives everyday,” she told WTRF. “Children who wouldn’t be able to get competent medical care wherever they live — they have a chance at life because there are resources that can take them to a hospital of incredibly compassionate, highly trained people who that’s all they do. They save lives every day.”

source: people.com