Flesh-eating bug made my skin look like roadkill
Caroline Fonjock says she owes her life to the medics who quickly diagnosed and treated her.
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"I'm lucky to have my leg and I'm lucky to have my life."
— Caroline Fonjock , Other
"It was the most difficult thing to kind of break to them… and say to them 'It's a possibility mum might not come back home."
— Lionel Fonjock , Other
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Caroline Fonjock says she owes her life to the medics who quickly diagnosed and treated her.
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