From Mosquito Bite In Nigeria To 36 Surgeries, Australian Shares Story

An Australian, Stephenie Rodriguez has shared how a mosquito bite in Nigeria in 2019 left her fighting for her life, two weeks later.

Australia's Good Weekend magazine, that she spoke to said that at the hospital, Rodriguez was given a two per cent chance of survival.

Complications resulted in 36 surgeries. Her last surgery was six months ago to amputate both her feet.

According to reports, Rodriguez is the first woman in Australia with above-ankle bilateral osseointegrated implants and mechanical feet.

Credit: Good Weekend Magazine

Lesson for oyibos: If you're not born in Nigeria , your body won't understand the mosquitoes here. Simple.

Hashabiah:
Lesson for oyibos: If you're not born in Nigeria , your body won't understand the mosquitoes here. Simple.

Sure! The 100s of Nigerians born in Nigeria who die from the same each year understand it more, abi?

Wtf? But how? This is a poorly executed report. Give us full information nah

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[b]A Sydney socialite has opened up about her life and death battle after malaria left her so sick she needed both feet amputated. 

Stephenie Rodriguez, 52, endured an 18-month nightmare when she contracted cerebral malaria from a mosquito bite in Lagos, Nigeria.

The single mother and digital entrepreneur was speaking at a business gathering of travel executives who invited her for a photo shoot next to a pool of stagnant water. 


It was there that Ms Rodriguez believes she was bitten three times by a mosquito on her left ankle, reported The Sydney Morning Herald. 

During her trip to West Africa she had conscientiously doused herself in insect repellant, after she suffered a bad reaction from an anti-malarial drug in the past. 

Days later after flying to India, Ms Rodriguez began to feel tired and exhausted - something she described as 'out of character', but put down to 'compound jet-lag'. 

Her next stop was Boston, it was Ms Rodriguez' first time in the US, but her trip was abruptly cut short when she was rushed to hospital after struggling to eat and drink.

An infectious diseases specialist confirmed Ms Rodriguez, had cerebral Malaria just twenty hours later, but by then she had fallen into a coma. 

Doctors gave Ms Rodriguez a two per cent chance of survival after Artesunate - a drug used to treat severe malaria - sent her into septic shock and organ failure.

In a last ditch effort to save her life doctors used vasopressor drugs to redirect blood flow from her limbs to her vital organs.

'It was the last trick in the bag, and they cautioned my family that if I survived, there would be collateral damage,' she said.

'The vasopressors robbed my feet and hands, the things furthest from my heart, of blood and like frostbite, the areas without blood and oxygen began to die.'   

The drugs caused her feet and hands to blacken from necrosis and at one point she witnessed her own toe fall off into her hand. 

'It was horrible, absolutely horrible. Completely unimaginable,' she said reflecting on the traumatic moment.

After being airlifted back to Australia, doctor's advised Ms Rodriguez would have to undergo an above the knee amputation along with several fingers

Horrified by the thought she held off on the procedure, instead undergoing multiple skin grafts and surgeries to see if her condition would improve.

Eventually, she had to have her remaining toes amputated and slowly came to the realisation she couldn't put it off any longer.

Wheelchair bound and unable to stand from unbearable pain, Ms Rodriguez underwent drastic surgery to have both feet amputated and replaced with above-ankle bilateral osseointegrated implants and mechanical feet. 

'It's bizarre, but I had to cut my feet off to walk again,' she said. 

Attached to the ends of each rod via an allen key are a pair of prosthetic feet which now allow Ms Rodriguez to move freely again. 

Thirty six surgeries later, Ms Rodriguez is the first woman in Australia to receive the implants and mechanical feet, thanks to Australian professor, Munjed Al Muderis.

The Iraqi refugee who became a leading surgeon of robotic limbs convinced her that giving up her blackened dead feet was her only hope of walking again.  

Following surgery and hours of painful rehabilitation Ms Rodriguez' celebrated a recent achievement of being able to walk in a pair of 4cm kitten heels again.[/b]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10299027/amp/Sydney-socialite-Stephenie-Rodriguez-reveals-malaria-resulted-feet-amputated.html

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Kobojunkiee:
Sure! The 100s of Nigerians born in Nigeria who die from the same each year understand it more, abi?

[/s] The same way common cold killed oyibos in the 1600s is the same way malaria kills on the African continent . What you fail to see here is mortality rate , and that figure will always overshadow those who are not ethic indigenes to the African continent. If you doubt ask Mungo Park

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Nigerian and mosquito are 5 and 6, it has become a normal thing for 9ja people. It would be like

Mosquito : my guy how far,

We: I dey big bro.

Mosquito: how your 9ite

We: fine oooo

Double0h7:


In a last ditch effort to save her life doctors used vasopressor drugs to redirect blood flow from her limbs to her vital organs.

'It was the last trick in the bag, and they cautioned my family that if I survived, there would be collateral damage,' she said.

'The vasopressors robbed my feet and hands, the things furthest from my heart, of blood and like frostbite, the areas without blood and oxygen began to die.'   

The drugs caused her feet and hands to blacken from necrosis and at one point she witnessed her own toe fall off into her hand. 

This specifically is the cause of the amputation.
Sometimes we need to get details of circumstances around a situation before passing our judgement.

Thanks for this detailed report Double0h7

However, in this our country, e get as e be ooo

adebayour26:


This specifically is the cause of the amputation.
Sometimes we need to get details of circumstances around a situation before passing our judgement.

Thanks for this detailed report Double0h7

However, in this our country, e get as e be ooo

Yeah, her age and her reaction to the anti-malaria drug all set her up to be finished by these mosquitos. I feel for her but the story is misleading without knowing why she had to have an amputation. I was so shocked because I thought malaria caused the amputation but it was part of the life saving procedure. This life... a small mosquito can Bleep us up yet we think we're unstoppable because we're on the top of the food chain and untouchable.

Double0h7:
Wtf? But how? This is a poorly executed report. Give us full information nah

Let me help you

[b]A Sydney socialite has opened up about her life and death battle after malaria left her so sick she needed both feet amputated. 

Stephenie Rodriguez, 52, endured an 18-month nightmare when she contracted cerebral malaria from a mosquito bite in Lagos, Nigeria.

The single mother and digital entrepreneur was speaking at a business gathering of travel executives who invited her for a photo shoot next to a pool of stagnant water. 


It was there that Ms Rodriguez believes she was bitten three times by a mosquito on her left ankle, reported The Sydney Morning Herald. 

During her trip to West Africa she had conscientiously doused herself in insect repellant, after she suffered a bad reaction from an anti-malarial drug in the past. 

Days later after flying to India, Ms Rodriguez began to feel tired and exhausted - something she described as 'out of character', but put down to 'compound jet-lag'. 

Her next stop was Boston, it was Ms Rodriguez' first time in the US, but her trip was abruptly cut short when she was rushed to hospital after struggling to eat and drink.

An infectious diseases specialist confirmed Ms Rodriguez, had cerebral Malaria just twenty hours later, but by then she had fallen into a coma. 

Doctors gave Ms Rodriguez a two per cent chance of survival after Artesunate - a drug used to treat severe malaria - sent her into septic shock and organ failure.

In a last ditch effort to save her life doctors used vasopressor drugs to redirect blood flow from her limbs to her vital organs.

'It was the last trick in the bag, and they cautioned my family that if I survived, there would be collateral damage,' she said.

'The vasopressors robbed my feet and hands, the things furthest from my heart, of blood and like frostbite, the areas without blood and oxygen began to die.'   

The drugs caused her feet and hands to blacken from necrosis and at one point she witnessed her own toe fall off into her hand. 

'It was horrible, absolutely horrible. Completely unimaginable,' she said reflecting on the traumatic moment.

After being airlifted back to Australia, doctor's advised Ms Rodriguez would have to undergo an above the knee amputation along with several fingers

Horrified by the thought she held off on the procedure, instead undergoing multiple skin grafts and surgeries to see if her condition would improve.

Eventually, she had to have her remaining toes amputated and slowly came to the realisation she couldn't put it off any longer.

Wheelchair bound and unable to stand from unbearable pain, Ms Rodriguez underwent drastic surgery to have both feet amputated and replaced with above-ankle bilateral osseointegrated implants and mechanical feet. 

'It's bizarre, but I had to cut my feet off to walk again,' she said. 

Attached to the ends of each rod via an allen key are a pair of prosthetic feet which now allow Ms Rodriguez to move freely again. 

Thirty six surgeries later, Ms Rodriguez is the first woman in Australia to receive the implants and mechanical feet, thanks to Australian professor, Munjed Al Muderis.

The Iraqi refugee who became a leading surgeon of robotic limbs convinced her that giving up her blackened dead feet was her only hope of walking again.  

Following surgery and hours of painful rehabilitation Ms Rodriguez' celebrated a recent achievement of being able to walk in a pair of 4cm kitten heels again.[/b]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10299027/amp/Sydney-socialite-Stephenie-Rodriguez-reveals-malaria-resulted-feet-amputated.html

And you have to hijack my post right