Taylor Bryant, from West Indianapolis, told News 8 she was on vacation in Tennessee when she was hit by nausea and her right leg started cramping.

The 26-year-old told RTV6 she and her young family were in the resort city of Pigeon Forge for spring break, on their first vacation out of state.

The next day, her leg swelled up and she struggled to walk. Bryant was in “unbearable” pain, she told News 8. She visited an urgent care center, where she was prescribed antibiotics.

She was diagnosed with pseudomonas folliculitis, or “hot tub infection,” and advised to head back to Indianapolis and visit her doctor.

A medic told Bryant shaving her legs may have helped the infection enter her body, as the process can break the skin, RTV6 reported.

“Every night, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, we were in the hot tub and [the doctor] was like, ‘That’s the only way I thought you could get this infection was from a hot tub,’” she told RTV6.

Days later, her leg had gotten worse and was covered in a blistery rash. Bryant told News 8 the pain was “worse than labor.”

She was prescribed a 10-day course of more powerful antibiotics. However, the drugs still weren’t strong enough to fight the infection. Bryant ended up needing a wheelchair, she told RTV6. She was eventually hospitalized and treated by infection specialists.

Bryant told RTV6: “My husband even asked: ‘Are we gonna be able to fight this off? Are we talking about amputation?”

“They were like: ‘There’s nothing that we can promise right now.’”

Bryant told RTV6: “I was a bawling mess in the room. I was like: ‘I could be without a leg at 26.’”

Doctors hooked her up to an antibiotic IV drip for two weeks, and her condition finally started to improve.

Bryan told News 8 she “hugged” and “squeezed” her doctor in gratitude.

Almost four months since she first fell sick, Bryant must wear compression stockings every day to ease the swelling in her leg, News 8 reported.

“At first, I was thankful to have my leg,” Bryant told the broadcaster. “But more so, [I’m] thankful to be alive. I feel like I need to warn other people.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hot tub rash is most often caused by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium, which can lurk in water and soil. The condition is characterized by itchy spots that turn into a bumpy red rash, which is worse in parts which were beneath a swimsuit. Blisters filled with puss can also form around the hair follicles.

Hot tub rash can emerge a few days after a person’s skin touches contaminated water for an extended period. The rash generally clears on its own, but in cases like Taylor’s can require more serious treatment.

To avoid picking up a hot tub infection, the CDC recommends taking off your swimsuit and showering with soap after leaving the water and cleaning bathing clothes. Test strips can be used to check the pool is disinfected properly, or you can ask the pool operator if the water is disinfected and pH levels are checked twice a day.

Bryant told RTV6: “I don’t think I could ever do a hot tub [again].”

Between 2000 and 2014, there were 493 outbreaks linked to facilities like pools and hot tubs, which caused at least 27,219 cases, and killed eight people, according to the CDC. Of the total, 13 percent of outbreaks were caused by the hot tub rash bacteria.