Chilliwack trucker survives battle with 'flesh eating' disease
He's stranded in Calgary but happy to be alive
By Tyler Olsen, The Times May 19, 2011
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t started with an ankle that itched and throbbed as drove his truck through the Northwestern United States just before Easter. He thought he had twisted it earlier, or banged it earlier in his trip, but as he drove through Montana north toward the Canadian border, he began to feel ill, as if he had the flu.
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They still aren't sure how he may have picked up the infection; Neil was told that it may have lain dormant for an extended period, and that
its sudden emergence could have been triggered by something as simple as a bump to the leg....
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