{"id":1980954,"date":"2023-07-23T19:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T23:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-loses-hands-and-more-after-series-of-amputations-following-flea-bite\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T19:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T23:47:22","slug":"man-loses-hands-and-more-after-series-of-amputations-following-flea-bite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-loses-hands-and-more-after-series-of-amputations-following-flea-bite\/","title":{"rendered":"Man loses hands and more due to multiple amputations following flea bite."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-loses-hands-and-more-after-series-of-amputations-following-flea-bite%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1980954&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Man Loses Hands\u2063 and More After Series of Amputations Following Flea Bite<\/h2>\n<p>Normally, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-loses-hands-and-more-after-series-of-amputations-following-flea-bite\/\" title=\"Man loses hands and more due to multiple amputations following flea bite.\">grim\u2064 stories involving people losing hands<\/a> or digits,\u200b there is a gruesome or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-horror-movie-trailer-drops-after-copyright-lapses\/\" title=\"\u2018Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey\u2019 Horror Movie Trailer Drops After Copyright Lapses\">grotesque story<\/a> that goes along with it.<\/p>\n<p>For this handyman from Houston, his harrowing tale began with just a single flea bite\u200d from June.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Kohlhof, 35, \u2064was visiting\u2062 his mother in San Antonio when he thought he was coming down with COVID-19 or the flu, according to \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kens5.com\/article\/news\/community\/single-flea-bite-sent-him-to-the-hospital-one-month-later-hes-lost-his-hands-and-toes-typhus\/273-41dfbf51-bc51-4043-b9cb-8f3899793cc6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KENS-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After Kohlhof\u2019s feet went numb, he finally went to the ER on June 19, and by the end of day, he was admitted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jamie-foxx-breaks-silence-health-scare-rumors-reveals-difficult-emergency-hospitalization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICU<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-clinton-released-from-california-hospital-following-five-day-stay\/\" title=\"Bill Clinton Released From California Hospital Following Five-Day Stay\">septic shock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Kohlhof was then placed on a \u200dventilator, 24-hour dialysis, and a \u200dseries of antibiotics, his mother, J\u2019Leene Hardaway, wrote on\u200c his \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/more-miracles-for-michael\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was told to call immediate family to \u200dcome from all parts of \u2064the country to say their goodbyes,\u201d Hardaway said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs each of his close \u200cfriends and family\u200c members arrived, we prayed with \u200d <strong>ALL<\/strong> our might. God has His plans, and He knew Michael has much more life to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miraculously, Kohlhof was taken\u200c off of\u2063 the ventilator on July 1; however, he had to have his hands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/people-now-choosing-identify-handicapped-even-want-limbs-amputated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amputated<\/a> \u2064 on July\u2064 10 due to the infection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Michael Kohlhof of Houston went to an ER last month with what he thought was the flu. By the end of the day, he was in the ICU and\u2064 eventually needed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-justice-guilty-teen-faces-sentence-after-torturing-dad-with-acid-over-missed-hair-appointment-then-partying\/\" title=\"Teen sentenced for torturing dad with acid over missed hair appointment, then partying.\">double amputation<\/a>.\u2062 His family said it started with a flea bite.\u2062 Full story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H47QssBEzq\">https:\/\/t.co\/H47QssBEzq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHOUStephanie?\">@KHOUStephanie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/clkCgmotAe\">pic.twitter.com\/clkCgmotAe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KHOU\/status\/1682402302706036737?\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>KENS reported Kohlhof \u201clost his toes and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-50-years-of-lies-and-gaffes\/\" title=\"Joe Biden: 50 Years Of Lies and Gaffes\">top half<\/a> of his feet\u201d on Thursday.<\/h3>\n<p>Kohlhof\u2019s\u2063 brother, Greg, said \u200bdoctors ultimately diagnosed him with typhus, which is caused by fleas.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/typhus\/murine\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and\u200b Prevention<\/a> \u200creports the disease can occur \u201cin tropical and subtropical climates around the world including areas of the United States (southern California, Hawaii, and Texas)\u201d and is extremely rare.<\/p>\n<p>There is no known \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kennedy-clan-turn-rfk-jr-deplorable-ethnically-targeted-covid-vaccine-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vaccine<\/a> \u2064 to\u2063 prevent it.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2064 Kohlhof does not have health insurance,\u2062 the family is asking \u2062for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-trapped-titanic-sub-treated-ghoulishly-topside-media-finds-political-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donations<\/a>. As \u200bof Sunday afternoon,\u2063 they \u200dhave raised over $74,000\u2064 of the $300,000 goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael is incredibly smart and comical; spreading happiness \u2064to everyone he encounters,\u201d Hardaway \u200bsaid \u2063regarding her son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith an insatiable curiosity about the world, he eagerly seeks knowledge and is always brimming with questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cMichael has strength and\u200b will be undergoing an excruciating amount of surgeries, therapies and rehabilitation, mostly to restore activities of daily living.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-loses-hands-series-amputations-following-flea-bite\/\">Man Loses Hands and More After Series of Amputations Following Flea\u2062 Bite<\/a> \u2063 appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally, grim stories of hand or finger loss involve gruesome tales. But for Houston handyman Michael Kohlhof, it all started with a single flea bite in June. Visiting his mother in San Antonio, the 35-year-old&#8217;s harrowing journey began, or so he thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":1980955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}