Yikes: Woman Dies After Contracting Flesh-Eating Bacteria From Hot Tub On Florida Vacation!

Grandmother, 50, dies of flesh-eating bacteria 'contracted from a hotel hot tub' after weeks of doctors dismissing her painful sores as 'harmless'

Carol Martin, 50, used the hot tub one evening during her family's annual trip to Florida for the races
She found a sore the size of a nickel on her buttocks when she got home to Indianapolis
She sought medical help but doctors dismissed her twice, giving her a heating pad and antibiotics
Two months later she was hospitalized, spent more than two weeks in hospital
The mother-of-four and grandmother-of-seven died on Saturday at home after doctors said there was nothing more they could do

By Mia De Graaf Health Editor For Dailymail.com

Published: 15:10 BST, 11 May 2018 | Updated: 17:49 BST, 11 May 2018

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A 50-year-old grandmother has died after contracting flesh-eating bacteria on vacation - allegedly from the hot tub in her hotel room.

Carol Martin developed a sore the size of a nickel on her buttocks after returning to Indianapolis from her family's annual trip to the races in St Petersburg, Florida.

At first, the mother-of-four and grandmother-of-seven thought nothing of the blemish, but it soon became painful and she went to her doctor, concerned.

The doctor allegedly refused to test the sore, and sent her home with a heating pad. Days later, Carol returned in desperation, as the sore grew, but she was sent home again.

Eventually, in late April, she was hospitalized with searing pain all over her body, and doctors confirmed she had necrotizing fasciitis, an often deadly flesh-eating bacteria that ravages the human body.

On Saturday, after 16 days in intensive care, she was sent home, where she died.
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