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In 2013, Alex Lewis from Stockbridge, Hampshire, was living his dream life with his wife, Lucy Townsend, and their two-year-old son, Sam. Together they managed two popular pubs, and life felt perfect — until a sudden illness changed everything. What Alex first thought was just a mild cold quickly escalated. Within days, he developed a high fever, blood in his urine, and purple skin. Rushed to Winchester Hospital, doctors discovered he was battling a severe Group A streptococcal infection that had caused sepsis, septic shock, and necrotizing fasciitis — a rare flesh-eating disease.
With his organs failing, Alex was given only a 3% chance of survival, and Lucy was told to say goodbye. Miraculously, he pulled through, but the infection left him with catastrophic injuries. Doctors amputated all four limbs and parts of his face to save his life. After months of surgeries and recovery — including a groundbreaking double-lip reconstruction — Alex rebuilt his life with resilience and remarkable courage.
