Mum, who fell while playing with her children, had her leg amputated due to a flesh-eating bacterial infection.

Anglie Fowler, a 41-year-old mother of five, lost her leg after ankle surgery caused her to contract a rare bacterial infection. In 2011, she had injured her ankle while out playing in the snow with her children and had to undergo a number of reconstructive surgeries in the following four years. However, none of these were successful, leaving her with an unsteady ankle and an inability to walk. As if this wasn't bad enough, during one of the surgeries, in 2015, she acquired MRSA and developed necrotizing fasciitis, a bacterial infection that can be fatal. Consequently, Angie had to have her leg amputated in another hospital to prevent her from dying.

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Following her amputation, Angie was left alone in the hospital while her partner took care of the kids, and she experienced a period of depression as she felt she would never be able to do normal activities such as working out, running, or keeping up with her children. Over the next two years, she had countless surgeries to fight the infection and eventually learned to work with a prosthetic leg. Angie 'hated' the prosthetic leg initially, but then decided to stop being 'bitter and angry' and start living her life to the fullest.

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Now, she is training for a 5 km race and runs a TikTok to help others in her position.

A mother-of-five had her leg amputated after she contracted a rare bacterial infection following ankle surgery. Anglie Fowler, 41, from Fort Worth, Texas, had been out in the snow with her children when she slipped and broke her ankle in 2011. She underwent several reconstructive operations over the course of four years, but none of them were successful and the ankle kept 'collapsing'. In 2015, Angie acquired MRSA during one of her surgeries, which developed into necrotizing fasciitis, a rare and potentially fatal infection. She was immediately transferred to another hospital and her leg was removed.

Angie recollected that the medical personnel informed her that she would not survive the weekend if the amputation was not done. The days after the amputation were difficult for her as she was alone in the hospital while her partner, John, stayed home to take care of the children as they lived an hour away.

Angie now runs a TikTok account to help others in her situation. She had to go through 46 more surgeries on her leg before she learned to work with a prosthetic. Initially she found it to be painful and uncomfortable, and believed she would never walk without assistance or pain ever again. However, she decided to stop feeling 'bitter and angry' and start embracing life. She declared that she knew she wanted to live and would do whatever it took to stay alive.

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