Pcdefender said..
"A mother-of-two lost both her legs and is set to lose her fingers too after her 'flu-like symptoms' turned out to be sepsis.
Julianna Bransden, 44, spent Christmas with her family for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic last December in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
But the joyful festivities were ground to a halt when Julianna's auntie in Northern Ireland was taken ill on Christmas Eve and unexpectedly died of sepsis days later.
A shaken and grieving Jullianna then went to bed when she started feeling under the weather on New Year's Eve. Her family didn't think anything more about it.
A mum-of-two has lost both her legs and most of her fingers after going to bed with flu-like symptoms that turned out to be sepsis. Primary school teacher Julianna Bransden, 44, was feeling under the weather as she spent Christmas with her family for the first time since the Covid pandemic. Caption: Julianna Bransden, from Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, who has had to have both legs amputated due to sepsis
Julianna, a teacher of nearly 20 years, might lose her fingers as well (Picture: Lancs Live/MEN Media)
But the primary school teacher's condition declined rapidly overnight and she became bedridden.
Julianna's husband Tim said she couldn't 'lift her head off the pillow' and was unable to check her phone, let alone get into a car or wait in A&E for hours.
Phoning 111, Tim was told his wife just needs to get some bedrest, but he decided to call for an ambulance anyway.
This decision might have saved his wife's life.
In sepsis, the body's immune system became a wrecking ball when reacting to an infection, destroying tissue and organs.
The earlier it is spotted, the better chance a patient has of surviving.
But knowing if someone has sepsis can be tricky as the symptoms - a fever, rapid heartbeat, slurred speech and breathing difficulty - look a lot like other ailments.
A mum-of-two has lost both her legs and most of her fingers after going to bed with flu-like symptoms that turned out to be sepsis. Primary school teacher Julianna Bransden, 44, was feeling under the weather as she spent Christmas with her family for the first time since the Covid pandemic. Caption: Julianna Bransden, from Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, who has had to have both legs amputated due to sepsis
The mum's aunt died of sepsis over Christmas (Picture: Lancs Live/MEN Media)
Sister Jac, who owns a veterinary practice in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, said: 'The doctors told us after that Julianna's body was basically compensating for her, and had hidden how bad and ill she really was.
'She's young and healthy but suddenly fell off a cliff. In a timeframe of 30 minutes, her heart had stopped twice.'
When she was first through to Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest, Julianna was suffering from aggressive pneumonia, influenza and invasive Strep A."
metro.co.uk/2023/03/11/teacher-has-both-legs-removed-after-flu-turns-out-to-be-sepsis-18425045/