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Save Dave's Leg And Get Him Home!

Dave Bruns, the husband of one of my very best friends (Sam Bruns) has contracted a bacterial infection from the ocean on their family vacation in Florida in September, 2013. He fell in the ocean, injuring an already weak leg that already had poor circulation, and a skin ulcer. So far, to help save his life and keep his major organs from failing, he has had to have the skin on his left leg removed from above the knee all the way down to help get rid of the infection. He is currently in a coma, and on a ventilator in a hospital in Tampa Bay, Florida. He has had 4 surgeries on the leg so far and luckily they got to ER fast enough or he would have died quickly. This is the same flesh eating bacterial infection, called vibrio vulnificus that has been on the news in Florida for the last month or so, taking lives and making many very sick. This bacteria attacked his heart and kidneys and his bad leg within 20 hours of the fall. It is a salt water bacteria from dead shell fish. Sam has had to fly home and get what little cash she has, get some personal effects, pay some bills, and drive back to stay for the minimum of 6 week, up to 6 months for Dave to undergo skin grafting on the leg before he can be moved back home to St. Louis, Missouri. Neither one of them will be able to work, so the need for funds to help them through this time is very necessary. Please consider donating some small amount to help them keep going on this long journey to recovery. Please check out his story on the local news in St. Louis, MO at: http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/402277/3/Flesh-eating-bacteria-attacks-local-man-vacationing-in-Florida

"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6:2 NIV

Thank you!

Organizer

Lisa Uthoff Goffinet
Organizer
Clermont, FL

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