article_snippet: With implants: Courtney O'Keefe is pictured here, with implants, after spending more than six months in hospital for a deadly infection.
article_snippet: Courtney O'Keefe has since had implants removed and a double mastectomy, but still has a long path of reconstructive surgery ahead .
article_snippet: After they were taken out: This picture shows Courtney O'Keefe breasts after Courtney O'Keefe implants were extracted from Courtney O'Keefe body.
article_snippet: Courtney O'Keefe is pictured here following Courtney O'Keefe double mastectomy, holding both of Courtney O'Keefe implants in each hand.
article_snippet: implants were removed on December 17.
article_snippet: Courtney O'Keefe is pictured here after Courtney O'Keefe stay in hospital, when Courtney O'Keefe still had implants .
article_snippet: On December 17, 2014, nearly a year after Courtney O'Keefe ordeal, surgeons removed Courtney O'Keefe implants because the infection had returned.
article_snippet: Because the infection had spread to Courtney O'Keefe surrounding tissue, both Courtney O'Keefe breasts were also removed. '
article_snippet: I will never be able to life a normal life': Courtney O'Keefe is pictured following the surgery to remove both of her breasts .
highlights_snippet: Courtney O'Keefe was forced to have partial double mastectomy and implants removed .
  