Spanish Fort, Ala. — After boating with her friends on Labor Day along Alabama's Gulf coast, Summerlin Skipworth's life changed dramatically.

The 30-year-old single mom slipped and cut her feet near a boat launch in Orange Beach, Alabama, exposing her to a flesh-eating bacteria that could have killed her.

Skipworth shared her story with CBS News, hoping it can help someone.

"I never thought this is how I'd get my five minutes of fame," she said with a nervous laugh. "Trust your body. I know it's a pain to go to the doctor's and everything, but it could save your life."

Summerlin Skipworth and a close friend boating in Orange Beach, Ala., on Labor Day weekend, just before she caught Vibrio. Summerlin Skipworth

Speaking at her home in Spanish Fort, about an hour north of Orange

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