Scots boxing coach loses legs after battle against killer blood infection which left him just hours away from death

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killer blood infection.Scott Dyer, from Bonnyrigg, came home from work feeling seriously unwell on February 7 but believed he was suffering from a stomach bug so went to bed.But just eight hours later, the 46-year-old was left fighting for his life and placed in a coma after being diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia and pneumonia.The dad-of-two’s family were warned he was unlikely to survive the night before spending the next four weeks in intensive care.Doctors were forced to cut off both of his legs and all of his fingers, apart from his thumbs, as the infection ravaged his fragile body.Wife Mary, 45, told how she spotted a strange purple rash on her husband’s neck which prompted her to call for help on that fateful day.She said: “He.