While “mud runs” have become quite popular for Gen Xers looking for a fun challenge, one such event left a young mother permanently blind. During a mud run in Dallas, Texas last week, Brittany Williams contracted a flesh-eating bacterial infection in her eye, which eventually melted away her cornea and left her both blind and $100,000 in debt from hospital bills. The day after the mud run, a sort of obstacle course where most of the obstructions are covered with mud, Williams woke up to see her entire room white. The single mother said that her eye also hurt as if she had gotten a bit of mud or debris in it during the run.
She immediately went to the hospital for initial treatment but still needs more follow-up work done before she can make a full recovery. Williams, who works two jobs to support her young daughter, also does not have any health insurance. Without insurance, the first…
