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| UPDATE Lisa Landis |
UPDATE 7/31/2013: Lisa Landis, a WJTL radio personality, was discharged from
the hospital on July 22 after a month-long battle with necrotizing fasciitis, a
flesh-eating bacteria from an unknown source.
Earlier Posting...
The third time is the charm.
Earlier Posting...
The third time is the charm.
According to lancasteroneline.com, Lisa Landis, a gregarious radio host for WJTL, is undergoing
daily surgeries to keep on top of an infection of flesh-eating bacteria in her
right leg.
Two procedures this weekend showed no signs of bacterial
growth or movement. She was waiting to
hear the results from the latest surgery — which she hoped would show the trend
continuing.
Landis, of Strasburg, is suffering from a flesh-eating
bacteria called necrotizing fasciitis, Lapp said — caused by beta-streptococcal
toxic shock syndrome, the source of which is unknown. It's not contagious.
Landis — whose full name is Lisa Landis Blowers — is co-host
of WJTL's Get Up & Go Show from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. weekdays and host of the
Kids Cookie Break from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. WJTL, a Christian radio
station, broadcasts at 90.3 FM.
The infection struck June 22 with what Lapp described as
"flu-like symptoms" and minor leg pain. It quickly progressed,
however, and Landis was hospitalized 12 days ago — first at Lancaster General
Hospital and then the University of
Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia ,
which has a team specializing in this type of infection.
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