“Through all of this I realized how grand and special you truly were babe, I know you touched so many hearts and lives and this is evident with the amount of love and support you received from the community,” Tapia added.Īccording to the CDC, Villegas is now the ninth American who has died from fungal meningitis after undergoing procedures under epidural anesthesia in Matamoros. My Crystal gained her angel wings,” he wrote. “She fought hard for 4 months and refused to give in, and even though she lost the battle against this deadly disease she gained something so much greater. Crystal Villegas recovering after the surgery that left her with fungal meningitis. Villegas died Sunday afternoon, her husband Juan Tapia announced in a Facebook post. This whole thing about changing the way we look, it’s not worth it,” Villegas said. “Enjoy life, don’t worry about how you look or anything like that. The local outlet reported that during their Zoom call with Villegas, she was seen with a tube in her head for draining fluids and relieving pressure and her speech was slurred and strained - but she still wanted to make people aware of the dangers that put her in this position.

Jam Press Crystal Villegas and her husband Juan Tapia. Crystal Villegas with her husband Juan Tapia outside the hospital before she died. The social media influencer mom - or “momfluencer” - had her surgery at the River Side Clinic in Matamoros and began to experience extremely painful headaches just three weeks later, she told Valle圜entral in July. The Texas mother of three traveled to Matamoros, in Tamaulipas State, Mexico, on the other side of the border from her hometown of Brownsville, to save money on cosmetic surgery. This can occur during medical procedures if infection control practices are not thoroughly followed. She was 31.įungal meningitis is a rare and life-threatening infection that causes areas around the brain and spinal cord to swell, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kylie Jenner confirms boob job after years of denial: ‘I wish I never got them done’Ī mom who traveled to Mexico for breast implants died after contracting fungal meningitis.Ĭrystal Villegas spent the last four months of her life in a Texas hospital fighting off the infection, local news outlet Valle圜entral reported. Like Kylie Jenner I got a boob job at a young age - I regretted it instantly

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