Bug Bite Leads to Amputation

On July 22, 2008, eight-year-old Michael Stolzenberg was rushed to the emergency room with a bacterial infection that was not responding to antibiotics. Shortly after he arrived, he went into septic shock and the doctors were forced to put him on a ventilator. His condition quickly worsened to the point of hopelessness, and as a last ditch effort, he was put on continuous dialysis. The doctors and nurses at Joe DiMaggio's Children's Hospital made heroic efforts over the next seven weeks to keep Mikey alive.

Miraculously, Mikey survived with his intelligence and wit; however, oxygen depravation to his limbs has resulted in the amputation of both hands and both feet. Mikey will have to live with the results of his illness for the rest of his life.

To find out more about Mickael Stolzenberg and his story you can visit http://www.michaelstolzenbergtrust.org/

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[humpyhustler]

FUCK ME!!! This makes me not so worried about the shit im going through now.

[ty1977]

Keep you head up brother

[hsh501]

Dear Mikey,

YOU are my hero and i am middle aged professional. You are a brave young man w/ a positve attitude and spirit. Thank you for teaching me something today about life. -Hunter

[sephir298]

"He even gets to play video games!" Lucky him.

[ImSuchaGamer]

LOL SERVES YOU RIGHT

[THEUFGATORS1]

hi michael ur doing good

[fuckyou51000]

that sux. i have a bite too so this scares me. i hope hes pulling through ok

[pissedoffchristoff]

he'll do fine. he's young, adaptable, happy

[lordshort1]

poor kid but he also has a amazing tallent that not many people can do use no hands and playing on xbox 360 get well soon!!

[h8o7m6i5e3]

thats really sad