ITV Corrie's Sue Cleaver says she 'nearly died' after co-star pointed out symptom
ok.co.ukCoronation Street's Sue Cleaver had a close call with death after a co-star noticed a worrying sign on set.The actress, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, shared her scary experience with sepsis during a chat on Loose Women.
While discussing the topic 'How good are you at listening to your body?' with Ruth Langsford, Linda Robson and Brenda Edwards, Sue revealed how she was diagnosed with sepsis. "I happened to be working one day, we were filming a big party and there were about 20 people in the scene," she said. "My colleague turned around to me and said: 'Sue your toes are black!'" Despite feeling unwell and freezing in the middle of summer, Sue continued filming all day before going home and discovering she had sepsis.
She previously spoke about this terrifying health scare in 2019 on This Morning, explaining that she initially thought it was a flare-up of her IBS. "I went in on the Tuesday and late in the afternoon I said: 'Do you need me in this scene because I'm really not feeling great?
I need to go home and sleep'. My side was sore.Then I came in the next morning at half seven. It was the hottest day of the year but I was on set with a hot water bottle." She then shared that her Corrie co-star, Melanie Hill, who played Cathy Matthews, noticed her feet were purple and blue.
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