A Florida mom nearly lost her life and leg to gnarly flesh-eating bacteria after taking a swim at a local beach, according to a report.

Genevieve Gallagher, 49, remains hospitalized after she contracted the “Vibrio vulnificus” bacteria while swimming with her 7-year-old daughter, Mila, in Santa Rosa Sound off Pensacola Beach in late July, the Pensacola News Journal reported.

Three days after the swim, while at work, Gallagher began to show concerning symptoms, including sweating, feeling unwell, and having her leg swell and bubble with blisters, she recalled to the local publication. 4

She was rushed into emergency surgery later that afternoon, the outlet reported.

“I thought I had an infection, but never did I think I had a flesh-eating bacterium,” Gallagher told the Journal.

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