“I was just like, ‘Oh, my goodness my leg is gonna fall off,’” Edwards told the news outlet “That’s the only thing I could keep thinking.”Edwards and some friends had visited Norfolk’s Ocean View Beach last week when she noticed her infection spreading. After a couple of days, she couldn’t walk.
She went to the hospital for emergency surgery. “They had to cut me open, drain it out and stuff it with some gauze. I had to keep it covered for days. I had to take three antibodies every six hours.”
Edwards said doctors told her the infection may have spread through a cut in her leg. According to WTKR, there was a swimming advisory at the beach where Edwards visited due to the increased bacteria in the water.