After Tick Bite, She Lost Four Limbs

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…Four days after visiting Grand Lake, Jo Rogers thought she had the flu. On day five, her family took her to a hospital.… By day six, doctors said Jo’s organs were shutting down.… “By Saturday morning, her arms and feet were turning dark blue and black… It was crawling up her limbs.” …then someone thought to check for what may have happened just one week earlier, a tick bite that went unnoticed. The one tiny bite, enough for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever to ravage Jo’s body, forcing doctor’s to amputate her arms and legs.… Now a quad amputee, Jo’s family is rallying around her, raising money to help her in her new life they say she’s lucky to have.…