update: model dies after losing hands and feet due to severe urinary infection

[Amby 490]

Officials say a Brazilian model whose feet and hands were amputated because of an infection has died.Officials said in a statement early Saturday that 20-year-old Mariana Bridi's condition deteriorated overnight. She died at 2:30 a.m.

The Espirito Santo State Health Secretariat said in the statement she died from complications related to a generalized infection. It was caused by the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is known to be resistant to multiple kinds of antibiotics.

The beauty pageant contestant was suffering a generalized infection that forced the amputation of her hands and feet earlier this week because the flow of oxygen to her limbs was reduced.

Bridi was not breathing on her own and was undergoing hemodialysis at a hospital in the city of Serra, the secretariat said.

Bridi twice was a finalist in the Brazilian stage of the Miss World beauty pageant, according to local media, and participated in the 2007 Miss Bikini International contest.

Bridi fell ill in December and doctors originally diagnosed her with kidney stones, local media said. But her condition worsened and doctors then diagnosed a urinary tract infection that spread. She was hospitalized on Jan 3.

Once she was hospitalized, doctors discovered septicemia had set into her limbs, cutting off circulation.

They were forced to amputate.

Septicemia is the presence of bacteria in the blood. It’s a serious, life-threatening infection that rapidly gets worse. It can arise from infections throughout the body, including infections in the lungs, abdomen, and urinary tract, the National Institutes of Health said on its Web site.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482548,00.html

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

[Emancipation 2]

This story is so incredibly sad.

[MrsCat 6]

poor girl and poor family.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

more info in the original thread:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=173897

[Nessa 23]

aww that sucks.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Blah. Millions die in Africa and don't make the news. Poor girl and all, but let's not loose perspective.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

Blah. Millions die in Africa and don't make the news. Poor girl and all, but let's not loose perspective.

but she was a future vs model!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Blah. Millions die in Africa and don't make the news. Poor girl and all, but let's not loose perspective.

but she was a future vs model!

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Len, not all people are equal. The beautiful and the rich are better than others. Next comes the rich but not beautiful. Next, the beautiful but not rich. And there's the rest of us.

[Amby 490]

Len, not all people are equal. The beautiful and the rich are better than others. Next comes the rich but not beautiful. Next, the beautiful but not rich. And there's the rest of us.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

It's true. That's why I always let good looking and/or rich people cut line in front of me. They deserve it. It's only fair.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Len, not all people are equal. The beautiful and the rich are better than others. Next comes the rich but not beautiful. Next, the beautiful but not rich. And there's the rest of us.

I know. I am beautiful. I feel bad for you.... not

[Amby 490]

It's true. That's why I always let good looking and/or rich people cut line in front of me. They deserve it. It's only fair.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Len, not all people are equal. The beautiful and the rich are better than others. Next comes the rich but not beautiful. Next, the beautiful but not rich. And there's the rest of us.

I know. I am beautiful. I feel bad for you.... not

You shouldn't. This is the natural order of things. This is how the Lord intended it to be.