My story with sepsis: Madelynn Fairman
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- The definition of sepsis was last reviewed in 2001, but modern advancements in medicine have revealed insights into its pathobiology, management and epidemiology, prompting a need for reexamining this definition. As of February 2016, sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction triggered by a dysregulated host response to infection. Early recognition, accurate diagnosis and treatment within the first hour can significantly increase the chance of recovery and prevent the debilitating long term impacts following treatment. Madelynn Fairman is an ICU nurse from the Hamilton Health Sciences, who courageously shares her personal journey and road to recovery after sepsis. This video presents one patient’s experience in her life after sepsis and what it means for clinical practitioners, family members and the patient.
A special acknowledgment and warm thank you to Madelynn Fairman for allowing us to interview her and providing her raw, unaltered story with sepsis. Thank you for your desire to give back to the community with your experience.
Video by Zion Lee, Karam Kaur, Brianna Cheng, Lisa Feng and Melisha Perera
Copyright McMaster University 2016
I also am recovering from sepsis. I was in an induced coma for 40 days with a ventilator and a tracheostomy. I can’t remember much. Your story is so much like my own. I can’t understand why I’m so weak. My brain says I can do things but when I try, I can’t and get so tired. I thank all the doctors, nurses and porters for helping me. I thank God and all my friends for praying for me. I guess it also wasn’t me time. Thank you for your story.
God bless you
I wound up going into septic shock as a result of colon failure and I would end up having to have my entire large intestines removed.They also kept me me heavily sedated and incubated for about four or five days after surgery. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks and then I was sent to a nursing home/rehabilitation center because I become temporarily paralyzed as a result of the septic shock and I had to be sent back to the hospital twice because I also developed a stomach blockage. I tend to feel sorry for myself sometimes too,especially at first but I just remembered to count my blessings and remember how far I had come. I also had a lot of support from family and
and that along with god’s grace and even now my parents and I still think that the combination of those two things is the reason why I recovered so quickly 🙂When the physical therapist at the hospital did my initial evaluation I was so sick and week that he told
my parents that he’d be surprised if I was up and around within 6 months but as a result of all the support and encouragement that I received I was discharged 6 weeks sooner than expected😊
My dad is going through that right I need a miracle 😢.
@@mariananyunja7296 PRAY PRAY PRAY
I had a gangreous appendix with only mild, gas-like pain. I thought I had the flu and just wanted to stay home and sleep. I would have stayed home and slept until I died but my son made me to go to the hospital. He saved my life. But because of the sepsis, I will never be the same. My cognitive function is way below what it should be, as is my ability to handle stress. The fatigue is crushing and my liver and kidneys and lungs and heart are damaged. I'm only 54 but felt like I was still only 35, but now I feel like I'm in my 90's. I had a wonderful ministry in veterinary medicine, animal nursing and the human animal bond and service dog training and I miss my old life so much, it breaks my heart to not be able to help people and their animals anymore. I really hope you get your full life back again. You deserve so much more. Thank God for your family. Be blessed.
God Bless You
I too had sepsis It almost killed me I was a STNA at that time Thought I had a bad back ache from working As a STNA I was on my feet 3p-3a 6 days a week No I had kidney stones that is what initially started my journey to sepsis & sepsis shock I was in 3 hospitals for almost a yr So much has happened to my body as my mind More people need educated on sepsis It is awful My life has now changed forever I am 1 in 15,000 to survive the severity of sepsis I had I am so lucky to be alive The Dr's & all the medical personal who were on my team worked so hard for me Never know how thankful I am I no longer take life for granted
Acronyms…what…spell it out in your communication the first time then it is ok to use acronyms…learned this in school…if you care that people understand you, take a little extra care…
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I survived septic shock from pneumonia and uti. My blood pressure dropped so low I needed IV medicine to bring it up. I had 7 bags of fluid. My kidneys and liver failed. A young nurse in her twenties diagnosed and saved my life. The docs wasted time, she sprung into action. She’s an Angel. I fought. I had to do my own chest PT leaning and banging against the hospital threshold in my hospital room. I recovered. This was in December 2016. I almost had 2 relapses with sepsis but I insisted that I had a uti but they kept saying it was negative but the test they sent out showed a triple uti. While I waited for the results I kept checking my heart rate( often a first sign) also my temp and blood oxygen level. Those held on until I got 2 rounds of antibiotics. So glad you survived. Stay strong. You’re right. Leave it behind. Move forward. Bless you. 🙏🌟
I will never forget almost dieing of a Staphylococcus skin infection on my leg at 25... it was the scariest time of my life. I was so close to passing away at one point I actually accepted that I was going to die and made peace with a lot of people. I am so greatful beyond words to have a second chance at life.
What symptoms did you have?
And drs dont look for this and mom nearly died twice
Thank you for sharing your story. I have been through septic shock twice and it has changed my whole world. I don't feel so alone listening to you. May God bless you and heal you.
If I can help anyway. Please send me a message. Sorry for what you have been through. This is a monstrous infection, I wish there was something that would kill this so it would never come back. Hang in there and never give up.
Thank you for sharing. I thought I had a stomach virus. If my husband had not gotten a nudge from God at 10am while he was sitting at his desk at work and come home, I would not be here. I was sick at home for 2 1/2 days. I had a near death experience that was wonderful. I was also an RN. But as many have shared, the fatigue some days is overwhelming. Both of my utterers were blocked with kidney stones, had infection in urine and it caused the sepsis.
Barbara Ellis. I just survived that exact thing. I didn't know how sick I was but I thank god that I'm a persistent pain in the but if I had stayed 2 more hours at home I wouldn't be here today.
I'm glad that you both are here to share you're stories and God Bless you and you're families.
You're husband is living proof that God takes care of his people and thanks for sharing your story because it may help someone. God Bless you and your family.
I'm lucky I knew something was wrong cause of my dogs. Husband was out of town and I thought flu but flu doesn't make my dogs act like they did. 3 pm and they wouldn't leave me, all day they wouldn't go bathroom, wouldn't eat, I knew it wasn't flu. They made me realize I was in trouble. I went delirious very soon after
Hello my dear friend I was just in PMMC for 2 months with sepsis , ina a coma almost lost my leg , god bless u I am so happy ur still alive I’m home trying to get on with life god bless us all my dear friend!!!!!!!
This video would be much better if there wasn’t loud, repetitive music in the background.
48 yo healthy besides some osteoarthritis.. then got sepsis after a surgery for a kidney stone. 2.2 years out.. age 50 now mostly house bound, difficult breathing, migraines, muscles twitching, cramping and unstable heart rate and blood pressure.
No more dancing, swimming, concerts, shopping trips, hiking... was I depressed before sepsis? no.. am I depressed now.. you better believe it. but I have hope still some how that I will keep slowly improving.
@Lisa K iam so sorry. But i truly can relate, when i was 44, 8 years ago, i suffered sepsis from a cat scratch..i lost my ability to walk, i had to have surgery on my right leg, from hip to knee..surgery on my left hand..from middle finger back to my wrist, i have angina n congestive heart failure, i have kidney damage, liver n pancreas damage, damage to my lungs..list goes on! All from sepsis..i use to work two jobs n go to college, i went shopping, vacations, out with friends, walking with my dog..now i cant do much without help! I never was depressed, iam now! I truly hope n will pray for you that your situation will improve..take care❤❤🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@shellsoul429 it's terrible. I try to keep my chin up some days are easier then others! Most people just don't understand how horrible we really feel quite often!
@@lisakaylanemorris im sorry hun! But i know! People dont understand! I have heard so many times by people ohhh it cant be that bad! I give it my best everyday n i dont care anymore who cares or not, or who likes it! I live my life on my terms now n as i see fit! Because this is what we have given to deal with! Dont worry about other people, worry about you..go at the pace that feels right to you! I hope that someday soon you will feel better! I knows its hard! Im praying for you❤✝🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
That sounds so very similar to my situation although as far as depression is concerned it’s the kind that makes me not want to be here because this isn’t life, it’s just existing and 9yrs on I’m actually worse due to post sepsis disorder symptoms - swelling more than anything….I’ve put at least 4stone on as a result.
My days fluctuate, I tell myself I’m gona get better, but then when I’m really bad - as in the pain - I just need something to take everything away….literally, but I would never do that to my children as I’m all they have after just losing their Dad to Cancer last month. I’ve thought about doing a video of ‘the experience of sepsis in a place so small that you dont get the aftercare that is most definitely required. In the very small City I live they simply leave you until the 3rd day following any Op….as that’s generally when your body stops responding to the antibiotics, but if you survive they simply use you as a teaching experiment.
I honestly feel that People need to know not just the Good, but also the Bad and the Ugly in places that are underfunded, understaffed and don’t come across cases such as this so when they do they don’t fully understand it. I truly do hope you get better 🙏🏼
@@lisakaylanemorris so true. I feel a loss deep inside and I just can’t explain it because I don’t understand it myself.
I am also an RN and was diagnosed with septic shock. Like you I heard them say my blood pressure was bottoming out, and I like you was out of it. I do not recall much of what I went thru either. I had central lines and spent 5 days in ICU but is taking far longer to recover. Glad your still here, god bless!
I had a friend who died this week... Heart and lungs were involved. Severe. It was awful. I wish they could have helped, but there was already so much going on with other health problems. It was just too much.
I pray you get to be stronger and more able to do things for yourself. Thank you for sharing your story.
From Michael in Toronto
Thanks so much Madelynn!! Your story deeply inspired me because I have been scared of Sepsis!!! I am amazed that you survived getting Sepsis twice!! I am sure knowing a little bit about you that you will keep getting better.
There was a Madeline in our family that I never really knew that well. Knowing what you survived gives me comfort that I will survive what in the Christian circles call the "dark night of the soul." I hope if I ever have ill health like yours that family and friends will make time to be with me in my hour of need.
Thanks Madelynn so much for sharing your story. You're a great encouragement!! This Canadian Senior citizen thanks you so very much for all that you shared because I will not feel so uncomfortable asking for help in the bathroom if I ever need it! You, Madelynn are totally awesome and you are the best!!!!!
thank you for sharing your story. my mum is currently in the ICU battling severe sepsis and peritonitis after her bowel perforated (resulting in her needing emergency surgery) ...i don’t know if she’s going to survive because she’s in a really bad way but seeing this video gave me a little hope 🙏🏻❤️ wishing you all the best
Did she survive? That's what my dad is going through right now.
Some of us do survive. They didn't think I would, but here I am. I had to learn to walk again. I didn't respond to any of the antibiotics for at least two months, but eventually did. It took four months in the hospital to get it under control.
You are such a beautiful person and you are so blessed.
Hi Madelynn!! Thank you for sharing. It's been 2 years since I had sepsis. I was in coma for 3 weeks. I'm recovering. It's hard but I have to keep going, I have 3 small kids who depend on me. I lost my speech, mobility, etc. I am working on my independence. I feel like giving up, but I trust not too.
Dont give up you here for a reason my wife just died this year from it she was good one minute next hour she was dying i still dont get it
I had a case of sepsis and didnot know what was going on. I don't remember much of what went on. Crazy.
Me too - I didn't know I was septic until I got to rehab.
I am also a nurse survivor of Sepsis. I stayed in the ICU for 4 days. My O2 says we’re in The 80s. I could not believe it. I threw up all over the place in a Doctors office ,and my B/P was very low. I’ve been home for a month. I’m doing PT. I’m very weak, but I’m climbing stairs! Thank you for sharing your story! It really touched me! Be well❤️
I just got home from the Dr. with a pertussis diagnosis I was diagnosed septic 1 year ago Jan 13. I was in the hospital for 4 months. left with a Illiostomy for 6 months. The Pertussis is pretty scary and am very ill. I too am a nurse too and it is so scary. My husband is completely over whemed and my kids have completely turned away. I am trying to be a tough cookie but to be honest I'm lousing my marbles IM SO TIRED OF BEING SICK.
This is 2 years later but I’m wondering how you are now. Are things any better? I’ll keep you in my thoughts
Look to Jesus Christ
Hello, my name is Jess and I have just balled my eyes out at this video, I have recently had a very similar sepsis story and I would love to be able to do a video like this of my journey as I am only 19 years old and I feel although we have had very similar experience it effects different people of different ages in different ways and I would absolutely love to be able to help even if it is just one person through one of the hardest things anyone would ever have to go through
I am also a survivor of sepsis. There needs to be more awareness so please share your story!
Jess you should share you're story because it could actually save someone's life. You said you are 19 years old and wow my finances brother was just admitted to the hospital for a blood infection, and is that the same thing? I wonder how people get this and is it contagious just curious. I'm sorry about you're experience, but I'm glad you're hear to make the comment you did. You should share you're story if you feel comfortable, nothing to be ashamed of. I heard another video were it affects any age, and it can be i guess in different ways, really not aware of all the symptoms and stuff, trying to educate myself in case i ever ran across someone because they say it's responsible for to me it was quite a large percentage of deaths in the hospital. Wow that was shocking to me.
Glad you made it. I’m a survivor too. Hope this finds you well.
Boy do I understand and feel for you. I experienced so much of the same thing. My story is almost identical and family and faith is what pulled me through. It's a long road to recovery. God bless you and your family!
Wow I’m so glad I found this. This description is so much better than any “symptoms” I read online
You're a miracle, God Blessed You, I think prayer and will is why you're still here, BEAUTIFUL STORY.
Madelynn, so glad that you made it. I too am a retired RN who was diagnosed with septic shock Feb 27,2015...5 days in icu, 11 days total in hospital..1 1/2 yr later sepsis again.Both times from un diagnosed uti.I was so fortunate to have had exellent medical care, early recognition of sepsis and treatment. It does take a long time to recover..I still have a lot of problems from it...especially memory problems and some ptsd from icu...am so grateful to be here and to have come out relatively un-scathed....thanks for sharing your story..
What is a undisgnosed uti you going to the hospital and them not cstching the uti or you just not knowing you had a uti my wife just died of septic shock iam trying to get a understanding from it
Thank you for sharing! God Bless you ❤️
It’s so heartwarming to hear this story, especially because it’s worlds apart from my own experience with severe sepsis, two emergency life saving Ops in the space of 3 days with multiple organ failure (renal failure & pneumonia, enlarged spleen & something else…possibly liver failure 🤷🏼♀️ I don’t know as they are now in complete denial) along with them not being able to find a vein as they had all collapsed and not being able to go under general or be put in a medically induced coma as they clearly stated that I would never come out of it, as in to do so, I would die, especially having gone in to full blown septic shock and having severe sepsis upon severe sepsis, I honestly felt that I was going to die and I now have brain damage due to (how they explained it prior to the Op) how very few red blood cells I had and how little oxygen they held, and those I had gravitated immediately to my vital organs. Very strangely the Medical Team avoided me as much as possible with the Consultant coming to see me once to jab his finger in to my open wound and use me as an example to his medical students despite me not having given my permission. So despite what they told me when they assumed I would die, they then retracted nearly all and told me nothing after the 2nd case of severe sepsis during which they told me what I had and that I may lose my vocal cords and going in to the emergency life saving Op only 2 days after already having had one, I was told I had a 50/50 chance of survival, they really didn’t know what would happen. I remember having a few moments of clarity from the confusion of being delirious, and it was those things they told me, severe sepsis, renal failure, pneumonia etc, also that I must have had it for at least 6mths and not been aware of it due to the dangerously life threatening severity of the infection (because I have complex medical problems which cause chronic fatigue, breathlessness chronic pain, dizziness - basically all the indicators that something is wrong, I suppose the only thing different was waking up in the middle of the next night being so sick almost like morning sickness but at night, so I wouldn’t have known). Ironically, I had probably been overdoing it at work and they told me that it was as a result of being overworked and stressed. After coming out of the Theatre following the 2nd Op which involved cutting in to my neck, cutting infected tissue etc from my face & neck while I was awake with no pain relief or numbing as local doesn’t effect me and strong intravenous meds like morphine, fentanyl etc don’t have any effect at all so tbh I’m amazed I survived that Operation. I remember crying but crying as if my heart was breaking. 9yrs on and I still wake myself up crying due to nightmares, I’ve had CBT and I’ve been told I have complex PTSD but I’ve not actually seen a report. I have all the symptoms of post sepsis syndrome or Sepsis Surviver Syndrome depending on which country you’re in. I was an avid reader, I have been from the age of 8yrs old as it’s always been a way for me to escape, but I’ve not been able to read a book since, not even a magazine. I can’t have a shower or wash my hair (the first time I tried I fell and cracked my ribs and that fall kickstarted the osteoarthritis that septic shock had caused). I can’t wear shoes or boots, just sandals or slippers as my feet swell…..every part of my body is swollen to the extent that I’ve gained at least 4st, I live in pyjamas as I can fluctuate between a size u.k 16 - 22 in the same day. I can’t put a phone to my ear as my face will swell and due to these touch screen phones my face mutes or ends calls so I have no private calls anymore.
It’s good to hear that you’re getting the help you need, as in a multi intervention approach. I have had no help, just CBT which my G.P had to send in multiple referrals for as they continuously refused to treat me. I’m not on anti depression medication even tho I’ve told my G.P how bad things are. I feel like my heart I’s broken, as if I’ve lost someone who I had a very deep/strong love connection to. I’ve thought of doing things I never ever thought I would just to end this feeling of heartbreak which has never left me. I can talk and type, that’s it - I’m literally at the mercy of my carer, who is helping me because he is the father of my youngest child and I have no family closer than 400miles away. He sees how much I’ve changed and that I’m getting absolutely no help whatsoever. I have no upper body strength at all and i don’t even have the ability to plan a meal, never mind make one. I no I need more help than simply being given care as and when it’s available. I’ve not just got chronic pain, I’ve now got acute pain as well, which comes and goes throughout my body daily and wakes me at night if I’ve managed to fall asleep.
My kids had just grown, I had the career of my dreams, I’d just bought a house (but having had a stroke at 16yrs I couldn’t get any insurance to cover me in the event that something happened to effect my income - if I could have it would’ve cleared my mortgage but I can’t get anything like that so the financial struggle of paying my mortgage is constant stress). I did have a good income, a great income, I was finally reaping the rewards of having worked so hard to get in to my dream career and having raised 4 children as a single parent with no support/help, no one to watch the children so I could work properly. Three of my children have ADHD, Aspergers, and HEDS and 1 of them has Tourette’s so raising them and ensuring they received proper medical care/support and working alongside their school to make sure they were in mainstream schooling with time out and support from SEN as required, just to ensure they left school with qualifications the same as the other kids, that was a full time job…but I could do it, gain a Law Degree with Honors and despite my complex genetic medical history I pushed myself through the chronic fatigue, the breathlessness, dizziness and the chronic pain and all the other effects of what I have.
Over the years prior to 2012 my children at different times in their own way told me what a great mum I was, how strong I was, what a strong work ethic I have despite the things that would probably hold other ppl back, and for your children to say that to you, to tell you they wouldn’t be the person they are today if it wasn’t for you, it’s an amazing feeling, but since that fateful day 9yrs ago, I no I don’t deserve anything like that anymore. I forget their birthdays, I can’t take them on holidays - because I don’t even know where to start regarding my packing, (i just about made it to my Sons wedding) infact I can’t do anything with them and I feel that I’ve let them down so much. I’m attempting to save money so I can go and get checked out privately - because we may have the NHS in the U.K but we’ve paid for it in our high Taxation on almost everything, but it’s no longer fit for purpose. Where I live, the Hospital knew what I had but didn’t have a clue - a still don’t - about the repercussions of it all, they don’t even want to consider it because of the additional money it would cost to put a care package in place. I do no that they hadn’t had a patient as seriously infected as I was who had survived. Maybe now they’ve seen it (even though I’ve had nothing put in place for me, or even an acknowledgment of what I went through), they’ll start to realise and things will be updated so that others can get the much needed care that you’re receiving. Good luck on your journey and I’m very sure it will all be positive for you.🙏🏼
I saved this comment , what an inspiring women u are
Thank god you made it. I had Sepsis but nothing like you experienced, it's so scary. I spend a lot of time making people aware of this illness. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, your a Jewel and Bless your Heart as you are especially special to our hearts❤Thank you Lord for this precious sister
My heart swells for you. Take care of you x
This gave me flashbacks to my journey with sepsis.
What a WONDERFUUL WONDERFUL story!
You are so strong to have worked those long shifts.
My cousins wife was diagnosed 6/29/18 and she lasted 3 days. I can't believe it. She was 34 :(
So very sorry :( Sepsis is something that maybe we’ve heard but don’t know. Most think it’s strictly a blood infection which isn’t the whole truth. I’ve now had sepsis 3x. Once last Aug 2018 for UTI (E Coli). Then this July same thing Severe sepsis from UTI. 3 days out I was rehospitalized because I was sepsis from colitis. Two months out having sever issues from CBC shows so many things wrong, to swollen ankles (never ever had) shortness of breath, blood in stool...they don’t know what is wrong with me and I know this battle isn’t over.
Iam thinking how she last only 3days did somebody pull the plug
I had a blocked colon and severe sepsis 3 years ago. Since then I've had very low energy. I tire easily and have to take laxatives. It's not fun. Thank you for all the stories here. I've felt alone in this.❤
Knowing that someone has gone through simalar story it has taken a lot in and out for 18 month and you a right about the family being there. I was told to take baby steps one day at a time xxxthankyou to everyone
how is this woman's life now? I an 5 years post sepsis and still can hardly do anything. Im ill every day and am working with a Dr. who is trying to help but I am so week and have a hard time eating anything. it just comes back up.I can't sleep well and my husband is just fed up. I am so weak that cooking is exhausting. I am ready to just jump off a bridge. This is not living. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP.
@@susanwedell7627 God bless you Susan ! You have no idea how much I needed this right now. My Husband wants to go out for dinner and I don't even have the strength for it. it disapoints him but he understands. My children don't want anything to do with me any more and I understand they have lives of their own.
I'm starting over again, a new life. I do what I can and just let go of the past. Thank you so much for reaching out to me. This is a lonely disease.
Your husband has no right to be fed up u are dealing with a terrible diseases after effects
Something to bring up to your primary Doctor is Medical Marijuana. It’s worth a shot. I think it would help with your nausea and appetite and ultimately make you feel better. Just a suggestion in hopes it will help out...even if just a little.
Much ❤️.
some meds cause induse sepsis like steroids statins antibiotics. dexamethisone also destroyed my life '. i had rash and they gave me dexamethasone. ii was healthy. now i want to do the same some times and God is not around no matter how much i ask so this poison made me turn againt God/Jesus. but i come back to him with agony inanity. hope your not feeling hell and agony if you are please talk to us. please God give you streanth
I also hear you about family". my family shows tue colors when sick. this earth is hell and i wish GOD would do some thing now not after death. we supose to no that. i hope your not in this agony hell . to me it feels like God sold me to the devil for a cheap price.@@robinevans7194
I currently have sepsis and a kidney infection this video gave me hope ill be okay💗
Are u ok know...my friend is also suffering from this 🥺🥺🥺💔
Please tell me ?
Wow your a strong and amazing lady best to you ,I'm going to follow you and are you still a nurse if so great we need more nurses like you best to you always hugs !
Thank you for sharing this! I thought I had the flu but it was double pneumonia and sepsis.. I was in icu for 2 weeks and on the normal ward for another 2 weeks. A year later and I'm still very depressed, weak and can't imagine ever have the strength to go back to the gym :( walking to the shop is a struggle these days. My muscles are so weak, breathing bad, I'm only 37 and feel this has ruined my life. I have searched for vids like yours and so glad you're still here to share and encourage me 💕
Natasha, I'm glad that you shared you're story and I'm sorry for what you and these other people have went through. I want you to know something that really doesn't haft to do with this , but i thought i would share it with you because for one thing i heard it on the news and also by something you said. I heard that the gym because of so many multiple people using the equipment and all , the gym has one of the highest rates of having germs. Because I'm an ocd person and I'm constantly washing my hands and etc. But anyways not everyone in the world is clean and if you ever go back to the gym please be careful because i believe they should clean the equipment and were i live they have in a lot of the stores that have sanitary wipes so you can wipe the carts down and all and i hope you get better in time asap. God Bless you
I know this is a few years later…. but I’m hoping you are doing well!💕 You matter and you are loved!!
May God bless you and your family
Hello Madelyn fr Sydney, Australia. Don't know how to thank you other than let you know that your experience strengthened my resolve to get better because I am not in so broken a stage as you where months ago. May the Lord of the World give you strength and as you said you still have a task to do on earth.
This is very hard to watch, because as happy as I am for her, I am at home making decisions for my mom going thru this but can't see her at all the past 3 months because of Covid. It's horrible and I just want to be with her.
I’m so glad you made it. Hope you stopped smoking❤️
Your home is so clean💛
I just went thru the exact thing. I been out of work 4 months today. No one has any answers and keeps telling me I have iron and copper that needs to be added Monday. I am 51 and don’t know we’re to turn. My heart stopped for 20 minutes but every thing is extremely just like you. I had a heart attack because I didn’t know were I was at and what was going on. That’s the sad part and all the Doctors I fell knows less than I. Thinking about just going to Chapel Hill and walk in. Oh this is my 4 th time and this time there’s hearing loss unbalanced weak like you would not believe
Wow…..such a similar experience. I had multiple organ failure but I do feel that something happened to my heart as I keep getting a sharp pain from the front of my chest where the heart is located, to the back and I also get tightness around my neck and down both arms. No one will see me or help me. I assume you’re in the u.k? I say this because we are still so far behind on understanding what post sepsis disorder is and the very real need for a multi agency approach upon discharge…..a bit like if you’d had a stroke. Saying that, I had a stroke many yrs ago when I was a teenager and although I was so obviously paralyzed the hospital sent me home telling me I had the flu. It’s a disgrace. I do hope you have better luck 🙏🏼
@@Angel-tv5lq do you believe her heart stopped for 20 minutes thsts a csrdiac arrest 20 minutes they say after 10 minutes you basically brain dead my wife just died of sepsis this year she was good than a hour later she wasnt
Anyone who is not getting the help you need, get yourself to the best hospital you can and go to their Emergency Room and let them know what is happening to you. Anyone who is being blown off by local hospitals or medical personnel must take matters into their own hands and get yourself to the best hospital you can, to their ER, even if you have to go by ambulance and take an hour or two to get there. This can save your life.
Thank God you are ok!
Hi there, I’m 54 from Scotland and on 21st December 2023 I took Covid! I live on my own in a flat and my sister lives just around the corner! I had know idea I had Covid I thought I just had a really bad upset tummy as I was rushing to toilet constantly! Then I was struggling to breathe and I was having to use my inhaler ( I have asthma) and it wasn’t helping at all! I don’t know what happened next but what I can tell you is that I was unconscious at home for almost 2 days before my sister found me ( an hour later I would have been dead) I was blue lighted to queen Elizabeth hospital here in Glasgow, Scotland and found to have pneumonia and sepsis and multi organ failure (both kidneys) I also had bed sores, one on my heel and one on my thigh! I was intubated on the 21st of dec and put into a coma and they woke me up on the 3rd of January 2024! I was terrified with those tubes down my throat in ICU and I was gagging and vomiting continually into my hair, with the result they extubated me quicker than they had intended! I’ve never been so grateful in my life to have those tubes removed from my throat! The nurses (who were amazing) were asking did I know where I was etc and they were trying to tell me I was really seriously ill! Anyway after extubation I had to learn to drink again using teaspoons of water! I lost my voice for around a week which is normal but when it came back I had no appetite, I was still being fed through a tube in my nose! I didn’t realise how weak I was until I tried to lift my iPhone for the first time and couldn’t get it off the table I was exhausted! After 3 weeks in ICU I was moved to a ward where I was informed I also had broken my ankle when I collapsed at home I imagine! I got home after 7 weeks in hospital and I thought I was mostly better but I couldn’t walk without a zimmer frame etc it was awful! They told me it could take anything up to a year to get back to where I was physically! It’s June now and I still have nurses coming to my home for wound care and I also have a rehabs team who are trying to build my muscles back up to help me with walking and getting downstairs as I lost all of my muscle mass! It’s been one helluva exhausting journey, one I’m still on! Thanks for taking t xx he time to read, if you did that is lol also I hope you’re feeling loads better now? Love and hugs from Scotland 🏴 💙🥰
I had kidney sepsis, and I too had a cardiac/respiratory arrest and was resuscitated for 45 minutes. I was in icu on life support for for five months, and four months at different hospitals rehab. I lost my kidney after those nine months to sepsis. I too pulled my own tube out. I got pneumonia after a month on breathing support. They kept trying to give me breathing treatment saline, but that caused panic attacks. I still can’t walk properly 8 years later.
Hi Madelyn, I lost my Son last month from sepsis after a liver transplant. Your video answered so many questions about why my Son was so sick as they didn’t tell us he had sepsis. He was in ICU for 3 months. Either he never got rid of it the first time or got it again and died. Would you mind me asking you some questions as I still wonder about so many things.
Joan Potanko I’m really sorry for your loss. I pray for strength for your family. Focus on yourself and heal
Joan I'm so sorry for the loss of you're son that is so sad and i pray God gives you strength and you find the answers that you're looking for. God Bless you and your family.
I know it's been 2 years, but if you see this, I just wanted to let you know that if you post your questions on here, it's likely that there will be someone that can answer them. Many people that have experienced this read the comments. I'm sorry for your loss.
I cannot begin to imagine your pain at losing your child…..I’m so sorry. I assume you’re in the u.k?
I’m happy to answer any questions you have. In total I’ve had sepsis 6 times, severe sepsis 3 times, septic shock once and had 3 emergency life saving Ops.
There are 3 stages of sepsis. The first is simply sepsis which is a serious infection anywhere in the body, the 2nd is severe sepsis which is a serious infection with organ failure and your own immune system is what attacks your organs, the final stage is septic shock which can vary in severity just the same as sepsis and severe sepsis can. There are so many other important things that ppl should know, such as…..if you suspect someone to have sepsis you need to get fluids in to them ASAP, so they need hooked up intravenously.
My own personal story is so very miserable but I’m so glad it happened to me and not one of my children - that would have completely destroyed me. Take care my lovely, the Otherside is such a beautiful and amazing place - I can only say that due to near death experiences of my own - so your son will be with loved ones, a family pet and any other children who didn’t make it….eg, I was pregnant with Twins approx 5yrs after my last Op for sepsis, I lost one and got a scan which found another one…..very strong healthy heartbeat, but I already knew she wouldn’t make it. A week later and I went for another scan and there was no heartbeat. I was devastated and still am when I think about them, but I know that they’re on the Otherside being loved and looked after by my gran. Godbless 🙏🏼
@@Angel-tv5lq thank you for telling me all this. I am so sorry that you went all thru sepsis so many time. I hope that you are feeling ok now. It has been a rough 3 years since we lost our Son but it gets a little easier but you never get over it. I lived in Fl. At the time and my Son and his family lived in SA, Tx. I was with my Daughter in law everyday except if I was sick for the 3 months he was in ICU before he passed away. Take care my Friend.❤️
The beginning of your story is exactly like the last video I just watched all the way to you going to the E.R. And hers did not start out as pneumonia, but the vomit, fever, not remember ing the days of going to the doc. , the taking so long getting to the car , she never ever felt so sick, super low blood pressure and even the bed sore on her bottom …. People beware… glad your better , I lost my mother to sepsis
Just lost my wife to sepsis she was talking to me for hours on the phone than a hour later she said she couldnt breath and kept coughing
we were on vacation & our daughter called us & put her doctor on the phone they wee rushing her to a bigger hospital from the er she had sepsis in her kindney. I was so scared, but because of everything the doctor knew & because they caught it so early she was just fine. but i was so scared & so was she. Never ever again do i want to go through it again nor does she. She was so lucky, & the docotors & nurses where amazing.
I hope she quit smoking. It definitely was a contributing factor. I'm glad she is okay. Very scary.
God put you in good hands
Hi. I lost my father from sepsis. After a surgery. He was in icu for2 monthes. Actually the doctors killed him. Im from iran and here no one cares about people's life
Thank you for your story from Australia. You sound as if you may be from Pacific Northwest or BC. Much love and hope you continue to improve.
Im a 39 year old man dying of sepsis because doctors cant find the bacteria that is causing my death. Im very devastated and heartbroken. Update 10/5/21 now im in septic shock and probably have days to live.
Are you good brother
Dear John I hope you are still with us!!!❤️❤️
It might have been a fungal infection, not bacterial. Doctors are so incompetent it's scary.
Mom was septic three times. The first caused A-fib
The third was one that contributed to her death
No one especially drs understand this or the damage it causes when you survive
This was 2018 and still recoving now
I'm so glad you made it threw your lung. Infection and threw sepsis blood infection pray God )
Did your sepsis go to your brain? In 2011i had pneumonia and I was peeing blood. I lacked 3 days being unconscious for 2 weeks. When they discharged me I was on 2 1/2 liters of oxygen, and despite them trying, I could not walk. My 3 daughters carried me from the car into the house (my husband was end stage COPD). I got no further than the couch and could only eat jello. I had home health aides coming just about daily. I had to relearn how to walk and I'm still unsteady, but I'm glad to be alive.
I would like too send you a big hug I hope your doing well may peace be with you and you family just some kind words and love make you day a little brighter
Wow...that seem hard. It can happen. But what brings this on? Yes one of three type issues...the outright symptoms are familiar. Tired ...lightheaded to fatigued.feeling too warm yet not..then cold ..pins needles and all seem to reflect some types of symptoms but there's a few things that do this. I would think the outcome would show more drastic but Idk. What test is done to know?
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤tyou for shaing.
19:42 Is that mold on her wall? She said she had fungus in her lungs...
I had sepis end of 2019if it wasn't for Craig and thinking of my little dogs I wouldn't be her .I was in icu 3 months 1 month In a room on my own had 5 major operations I know I was lucky it has scared me .I couldn't find go in shower .not on your own I had to learn to walk and talk keep on going love xxxxxx
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ going out to you and family)
How did she get fungus on her lungs
On arrival at emergency, I was already Unconscious.
They assumed that I wouldn't survive, to the point " start making funeral arrangements".
Out of a survival rate of now just 10%, I lived. I dreamt a lot when in a coma, I can remember all of them 2 and a half years later.
I'm still wearing an anal Seton drain and will for the rest of my life.
I fell out of bed, while in a coma, they had to do a scan of my head. When the precise moment I hit my head, I was dreaming that I was running away from danger in a hospital that I hit my head on a fire extinguisher. I felt the headache in my coma.
Only later when I was told that I hit my head from falling out of bed. I told them, Yes, I know. I remember.
The music is way too much ...!
@DemystifyingMedicine Hello, I've been diagnosed with folliculitis since 2013 caused by staphylococcus infection. I also had furnacles & fear that I may have Sepsis. I heard that this is a uncurable deadly disease & I'm afraid to die from this. I don't know what to do.
Furuncles and folliculitis do not generally lead to sepsis, which is very rare. They are skin abscesses that need to be drained and are prob staph infections. Most of the time antibiotics will take care of the problem. But you should go see a dermatologist for sure.
@@kkdoc7864 Yes, its staphylococcus (staph infection) as I mentioned. I've already visited my dermatologist & they given me antibiotics & gels. No cure as I did my research & I read that it may lead to Sepsis. I'm already sad & dont know what to do to stay cure & alive. I'm just 30 going on 31. Because I don't want to die from sepsis
@@Universal035 my dear. Don’t assume the worst. Sepsis is very rare. Otherwise the millions of kids with acne would get septic too. Do you think you might want a second opinion? Just to help you try a different approach.
@@kkdoc7864 sepsis is not rare 250000 people die from it esch year and millions get sepsis
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What type of medication is taken everyday to treat Sepsis.
Antibiotics 6:30
@@louisedavis2348 Or anti-fungal medications if it's caused by a fungal infection.
Bottomline- people, please go to the ER if you're unwell and don't self-medicate for serious conditions like sepsis!!
Was her gut ripped up
Had it twice. Awful. I am scared. I would not survive another incident. Bacterial.
Wild story, but the piano music was a bit much-
Smoker, diabetic nurse?
So what, you're allowed to be a diabetic and a smoker if you're a nurse, they're both legal and not anyone's business.
Haha I pulled mine out too. ❤
Everyone, please quit smoking. It's toxic. I'm a nurse as well, I've had to witness too many people suffer and die from smoking related diseases. Including both of my parents. I'm glad I never started to depend on smoking cigarettes. People claim it helps their stress when in fact it causes more stress. Think about it!
My wife just died of septic shock she drunk hennesy straight smoke weed and cigarettes i wonder if that had anything to do with her not being able to fight the sepsis shock
can you get sepsis shock from other people in a neses home I would like to know my mother got sepsis shock at a neses home I think I just would like to know if you can get this my mother died from this in she want in there on August 1 2018 on September 11 I call her she could talk to me and on September 16 she passway miss her so very much and my mother had bed sores on her to she had them on her butt can this cause sepsis shock i really would like to know
Cynthia Harris you can’t catch septic shock.you can however catch the infection that may lead to sepsis which processes to septic shock. It can be from any infection viral but mostly bacterial. She could have caught the flu, developed pneumonia, which is a leading cause. Or she could have developed an UTI and that progresses to sepsis fast when not treated. Sepsis can also develop from an infection from the skin. If she had bed sores, it could have gotten infected and then untreated goes to sepsis. It’s difficult to know without an autopsy. Sorry for your loss.
This likely happened so that you could be more understanding of your patients going through these things as a nurse.
Hey! Yeah you uh huh I'm looking at you .. Hey may God bless you and you're family. He loves you too and so do I.. it'll be okay
you need to stop taking the antidepressants..because you need to be livid about the quality of care, while initially, was good. The wards and nursing facilities will kill you, because it is designed not to help you. You made it through because you had just enough family support to keep you alive. other people dont having nursing knowledge or family available to intervene at the crucial moments which almost killed you! ypu know the truth and you're not telling 8t still. Be strong and tell the rest of the story.
Typical Karen comment
I just got out of the hospital for mono, pneumonia, and sepsis….. mine was a minor case. I only had myself to advocate for myself because the first ED doctor brushed me off. I’m 21 years old with two kids. I’m so so lucky it wasn’t worse.
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