A Tennessee teenager battling a life-threatening bacterial infection has made a drastic medical decision, AZ Family reported Saturday.

According to reports, 13-year-old Anita Navas has been fighting for her life at Erlanger Children's Hospital for more than two weeks and faces a prognosis that could extend her hospital stay to six months. AZ family. Her ordeal began unexpectedly on Christmas Day, when her mother Jenny Dill rushed Anita to the emergency room.

“I just said I was going to the emergency room. I'm not going to take any chances,” Dill said. Ever since she went to the hospital, her family has always been by her bedside. Anita's sister Cynthia said Anita was diagnosed with both streptococcus A and influenza B, a combination that caused a severe reaction in her body and put her in a medically induced coma. He explained that he needed the state.

“They put her on a lot of medication to raise her blood pressure, and this restricted blood flow to her extremities because they were worried about keeping her alive,” Cynthia said. AZ Family pointed out.

The situation quickly deteriorated as Anita's blood pressure plummeted. To save her life, doctors administered a series of blood pressure drugs, the newspaper reported. However, this life-saving measure had dire consequences. Blood flow to her extremities was restricted. Her poor circulation put a lot of stress on Anita's limbs.

Faced with a dire choice, medical professionals decided to amputate Anita's leg below the knee. “Her legs had to move because her blood supply was gone and her legs turned black,” Cynthia added. (Related: California toddler loses use of all four limbs after choking on sticky candy, lawsuit claims)

The Navas family took to Facebook to share about Anita. Story And the response was overwhelming. “Within the first hour, we had over 20,000 people, and now we have over 100,000 people,” Cynthia said, as reported by AZ Family.

According to AZ Family, Anita is preparing for her next surgery scheduled for Friday morning.