There is just something so wrong with this. It seems there is a mssing Ton of information behind it. Did she just drop into the natal ward and start rotting? Did Dad got to another planet and get told when he came back? Was there no decision making? I mean, most of the time you need a court order to get a hospital to do something, and here they went whole hog on her? Seems made for Tv....

So the hospital didn't discuss the amputations with the husband prior to surgery? There has to be more to this story.

"LONGWOOD, Fla. — The case of a woman who lost both arms and legs to a flesh-eating bacteria settled her lawsuit with the Orlando Regional Healthcare System on Monday

Claudia Mejia, after 4 years struggling has finally settled her lawsuit with the hospital but still had pending legal action against the doctors and nurses. Four years ago she went to the hospital as a soon to be mother but ended up leaving a mother and an amputee. She was told she had a flesh-eating bacteria and they would have to amputate both arms and legs."
http://flagranny2.wordpress.com/2009/06/...

P.S. This story goes back to 2006.