` ` Her leg muscles are healing well , '' says the rehab center 's medical director . Kuykendall was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis on May 11 , four days after giving birth , and taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital . Lana Kuykendall 's husband says her strength is improving daily . The disease is fatal in about 90 % of cases , federal health officials say .
` ` Her leg muscles are healing well , '' says the rehab center 's medical director . Lana Kuykendall 's husband says her strength is improving daily . The disease is fatal in about 90 % of cases , federal health officials say .