A parent who’s son was diagnosed with sepsis when he was just three-weeks-old has said he "is never going to get better". Mum, Lucy Shields, has shared her son Roman’s story to help raise awareness of the deadly disease, which has left the now two-year-old with life-changing conditions.
Roman defied the odds to beat sepsis as a newborn but he was left with brain damage, he is unable to walk, is fed through a tube and has epilepsy, as well as a number of other medical conditions.
And heartbroken mum-of-three Lucy has revealed during his last stay in hospital a do not resuscitate (DNR) order was put in place for the future.
Lucy, 36, from Gateshead, told Newcastle Chronicle : “I feel like I live on egg shells every day because I just don’t know what’s going to happen to Roman each day. “Sepsis has changed all of our lives, not just Roman’s, but the whole family’s.“Our lives just aren’t the same anymore and it never will be the same because he’s never going to get better.”Roman was diagnosed with sepsis on October 12, 2019, which was also his eldest brother’s 16th birthday.Lucy and dad Richard had taken Roman to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Gateshead, with what she believed was colic.But doctors rushed Roman to intensive care after diagnosing the youngster with sepsis and he remained on life support for three weeks.Lucy said: “When we got to the hospital they took one look at him and rushed him to resus.
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