A father died after eating "one in a billion" bad oysters while celebrating his birthday at a seafood restaurant.
Roger 'Rocky' Pickney died of a bacterial infection a week later after dining at a nearby restaurant on July 21st.
The 44-year-old arrived sick at Memorial His Pembroke Hospital on 23 July. According to the medical report, he had a stomachache.
He tested positive for Vibrio vulnificus, a pathogen found in the marine environment.
Rocky passed away on July 31 after a week of emergency surgery and his two amputations.
According to the restaurant manager, 20 years ago, when his father, who worked as a busboy, visited with his daughter, he ate 100 of his dozen oysters on the day they were served. He said he had a meal.
He said Rocky was the only guest who got sick.
"He had a billionth worse than he did," the manager South He told the Florida Sun Sentinel. "I feel terrible."
Vibrio can kill up to one-third of those infected when consuming raw or undercooked seafood.
The day after Rocky fell ill, Florida Department of Health investigators visited the restaurant to check the oyster inventory and "passed with flying colors," he said.
He went on to say that oysters are a dangerous food and that anyone who eats them is endangering themselves. We have served billions of oysters and no one has gotten sick like this guy," he added.
Rocky's daughter Jerryn Pinckney said he went to celebrate her high school graduation and his birthday. I'm talking like this.
Jaelyn She also ate oysters, but she did not get sick.
She visited her father every day while she was in the hospital.
"It still doesn't feel completely real," she added. "I don't understand how oysters can cause this."
Rocky, based in Davie, is the president of 5 Diamond Construction Inc, a Seminole Auto Salon and Rocky's Pest. I was also the owner of Services.
According to the Florida Department of Health website, there will be 26 cases of bacterial infection in Florida in 2022.
Rodney, his leader in the same state community He Jackson also died in Biblio on August 9 after eating oysters at a local restaurant, Pensacola News Journal} reports.
In both cases, we know that the oysters came from Louisiana.
Dr. Robert "Wes" Farr of the University of West Florida told news media that Vibrio infections associated with raw seafood and oysters were more common during the summer.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vibrio-infected oysters look, smell and taste like other oysters.
Authorities say most infections only cause diarrhea and vomiting.
