Surviving Sepsis: Elizabeth's Story - Nebraska Medicine

It all started with a knee ache. Elizabeth Knight was exercising in her basement when her leg started getting tight. As the night went on, the pain got worse. Elizabeth's husband drove her to the Emergency Department at Nebraska Medicine - Bellevue. Doctors discovered an infection inside Elizabeth's knee. They needed to operate. Not once, but twice. During the second surgery, Elizabeth took a turn for the worst. She had sepsis - an overwhelming infection. Her lungs began filling with fluid and she was placed on a ventilator. Elizabeth was also diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. For over a week, Elizabeth remained in the Intensive Care Unit. It took nine days for the infection to leave her body. She was finally able to go home the day before Thanksgiving. To learn more about Nebraska Medicine - Bellevue, visit bellevue.nebraskamed.com or call [phone].

[@mobiuskatchmar2094]

This woman is my aunt. So glad to see her making it through.

[@barbaraellis5102]

God Bless You. So glad you are better.

[@nancysalerno2206]

I too survived uremia with sepsis and two months later was hospitalized again with septic shock and I was in the ICU. I came home really weak but had in home PT and nurse visits. I’m a survivor 🙏🙏

[@johnkimball5872]

The hospital sent me home with sepsis to die