A first-time mum has said how she was left "destroyed" after a flesh-eating bug caused her C-section scar to explode in the shower.
Deanna Hirrell, 26, gave birth to baby boy Kalub by C-section, but just a couple of days later her scar burst open while she was in the shower.
She phoned her midwife who she claims told her to rest in bed - but took herself to hospital a few days later when it started to "smell of death".
Doctors discovered she was suffering with necrotising fasciitis - a potentially fatal infection that eats away at the skin, muscles and fat.
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