Mum who lost all limbs in sepsis warning as killer infection strikes on holiday
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum has told how she lost both her legs and hands to a killer infection after being placed in a nine-week long coma. Quadruple amputee Kim Smith, developed life-threatening sepsis while on holiday in Spain.
She woke up in the middle of the night telling her husband "I'm going to die" before being rushed into hospital.To mark World Sepsis Day, the mum has issued an urgent plea for greater awareness of the condition, as she warned: "The sooner it's treated, the less likely you are to lose your limbs - or your life."Her terrifying ordeal started in 2018, when Kim had travelled to Alicante with her husband Steve, when she suddenly began to feel poorly.
Thinking she had developed a urine infection, she visited doctors in Spain, who gave her an injection and prescribed her antibiotics.
But when the local chemist didn’t have them in stock, the pair returned to their hotel, where Kim's condition quickly deteriorated, The Mirror reports.
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