Motorcycle riders are suiting up to raise money to help with hospital bills for Lana Kuykendall who is battling flesh-eating bacteria.
/ FoxCarolina/Janelle Alier
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (WACH/AP) -- Motorcycle riders are suiting up to raise money to help with hospital bills for a new South Carolina mother battling flesh-eating bacteria.
The ride to benefit Lana Kuykendall is scheduled for Saturday at Simpsonville City Park.
Kuykendall has been hospitalized since days after giving birth to twins at an Atlanta hospital last month. When the new family of four returned to their Piedmont home, Kuykendall -- who is also a paramedic -- noticed a lesion on her left leg.
As the spot began to spread, Kuykendall went to a local hospital, where she underwent more than a dozen surgeries to stop the spread of necrotizing fasciitis.
Kuykendall's husband says she's improving and has been moved to a rehab facility.
Kuykendall is the second woman with South Carolina ties fighting the rare bacteria.
Aimee Copeland, 24, developed necrotizing fasciitis after cutting her leg in a May 1 fall from a homemade zip line over a west Georgia river. Her left leg, other foot and both hands have been amputated.
Copeland's dad Andy - a University of South Carolina alum - visited Columbia last week for a blood drive in his daughter's name.
The University of South Carolina's My Carolina Alumni Association says it's partnering with the University of Georgia Alumni Association to host a "border bash" blood drive for Aimee Copeland.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
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