‘They kept thinking it was pneumonia, but this one doctor said the pneumonia is a red herring – as was the compressed lung.
‘I don’t know if part of this is true as I was hallucinating again, but I remember being wheeled into a disused part of the hospital and everything was covered in paint sheets. It was all very terrifying.’ ‘What was so traumatising for me is I never had those those first few weeks or months with my baby,’ she says. ‘I just wasn’t a mum anymore.’
The impact of surviving sepsis can take a huge toll on mental health – long beyond the physical recovery.She’s had panic attacks in the night if she wakes up in pain, whereas before she would never worry too much about health issues.
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