Boy Recovers From MRSA With Friends' Support

Doctors told the Pedro and Luli Rodriguez several times, their son would die, but he defied all odds and lived through contracting the MRSA infection.

Thursday, November 27th 2008, 11:17 pm

By: News 9


By Amy Lester, NEWS 9

HOLDENVILLE, Oklahoma -- Doctors told the Pedro and Luli Rodriguez several times, their son would die, but he defied all odds and lived through contracting the MRSA infection. He's a boy of few words, but his story speaks for itself.

Geovonnie Rodriguez went into a hospital with a fever of 105.6 degrees, and doctors diagnosed him with MRSA, a staph infection resistant to antibiotics.

"MRSA got in his whole system," Pedro Rodriguez said.

Geovonnie spent months in the hospital, undergoing at least a dozen surgeries. Part of his right leg had to be amputated. The MRSA was everywhere, except his heart.

"When they told me his heart wasn't touched, I already knew that God was in control," Luli Rodriguez said.

His family and friends prayed for a miracle, and somehow Geovonnie survived.

Geovonnie recently attended his first full day of school, assisted by his enthusiastic friends.

Watch the whole story of survival here.

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