EXCLUSIVE: With World Sepsis Day falling on September 13 we highlight the tell-tale signs and speak to one woman whose brush with the infection led to life changing surgery
It was only a simple paddle in the sea on a family holiday in Crete but for Vicki Paris it changed her life.A month later she was battling sepsis.
Born in Exmouth, Devon but now living in Inverness, Vicki returned from her holiday in 2018 unaware of what was around the corner. Her blood sugars too were running out of control and, taking strong painkillers, she admits some of that time is now 'a blur'.It was on the fourth week of attending regular hospital appointments for her leg when disaster struck with Vicki’s body terrifyingly falling apart in front of her.
"Life in a wheelchair initially was very strange but I made a conscious decision at the beginning not to be in it for long. It actually lives in my attic now! "My prosthetic gave me shooting pains all day, and then phantom pains at night. The phantoms are the worst because you have a pain that’s not really there, but your brain is telling you it is.
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