My Brother Nick Monica went to the hospital for what he thought was a Black Widow bite. It turned out to be cellulitis, in a bad way; Flesh Eating Bacteria is involved. His particular condition is almost exclusive to diabetics (in the past Nick has been diagnosed borderline diabetic and is blood sugar level was 482 yesterday with a temperature of 103.9).

The cellulitis spread throughout his hip area, lower to upper abdomen and surrounding area. After a couple of hours of treatment (to reduce pain, lower temp and blood sugar) he was rushed in for emergency surgery.

They removed a football sized abscess from the front of his left hip and attempted to remove all of the bacteria from the surrounding area. I spoke to the Surgeon; he said the "surgery went better than expected". That said, Nick is in ICU and will likely have 2 more procedures and is--by no means-- "out of the woods".
He cannot see visitors at this time. He has a long road to recovery ahead and has an anticipated hospital stay of at least 1 month.

I tried to give as many details as I can recall. I will be sure to keep everyone posted. WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS! Nick is very strong, we all know that but some help from the Man upstairs never hurts.

I am going to create a text distribution list, if you would like your name on it please message me your C number.

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