Healthy woman, 29, left paralysed and in coma for five days after contracting sepsis
A HEALTHY woman was told she had a 50 per cent chance of dying after she contracted sepsis.
Gemma Staples was told she may not survive the night after she contracted the deadly illness eighteen months ago.
The 29-year-old spent five days in a coma and was left paralysed after receiving emergency surgery in Doncaster.
She said she passed out at home and woke up in hospital to the news that she had contracted sepsis.
Gemma said she felt a panic after doctors told her she had two large perforations in her bowel.
She says she is desperate to be able to mobilise by herself, and
ultimately, to get her life back.
She said: "My legs are only just starting to work as before, my health
didn’t allow it.
"I can’t lift my arms or use my fingers or hands very well which makes
everyday tasks impossible. I have severe muscle weakness which will
improve with an intensive rehab program.
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"This is why I am going to a specialist neurological rehabilitation
centre for therapy in Leeds.
"I would just love to have my independence back. I just want my life back."