More Faces of Sepsis
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Kerstin Gigi Ott-Alarcon - survivor
It was a normal Sunday of March 27, 2011. I was spending some quality time with my husband and stepson when my tummy started to hurt a little. I kept on laying down and didn't have much of an appetite.
I kind of just felt like sleeping although we had committed to a dinner invitation to a fancy restaurant with some good friends that evening, so around 6pm I got myself ready and we headed over to meet up with them, although I felt kind of queasy. The only other thing I had noticed was an itching, burning rash on my chest.
Gary Black - survivor
My husband is a survivor of sepsis. I spent 14 days visiting him every day in the MICU at Wake Med Hospital in Raleigh, NC. from July 20, 2009 to August 2nd, 2009.
Charles Summerour - survivor
My sepsis resulted from a urinary tract infection (UTI) in July, 2002. After admission to the hospital one evening, I awoke to be told I was moving to ICU as my blood pressure had dropped, which I now know was sepsis, but had no knowledge of sepsis.
Marie Hobbs - survivor
I went in for a hysterectomy because I kept having pre-cancer cells in my cervix. March 1, 2010, I was very nervous but I didn’t know that a common surgery would change my life forever.
Nagalakshmi Dhanaraj - tribute
by Prabhu Dhanaraj (son)
I was born when my Mum was 38. It was considered a miracle. Being the only son, my parents loved me a lot and my mum in particular was my best friend first and then a mother. We used to do a lot of activities together and shared lot of common interests. She was scientist and retired in 2002. She had lot of plans of travelling around the world and seeing places. All this remained a plan. Out of the blue in 2008, the day after Christmas she suffered a stroke.
Maria Richard - survivor
My story begins with a gallbladder surgery that I thought went well. I went back to work about three weeks after the surgery, feeling pretty good. Then all of a sudden about 5 weeks post-op, I started to have a fast heartbeat.
knew something wasn't right, so I called my doctor and he wanted to see me the next morning. But I didn't make it to the appointment. I woke up at 3 am with incredible stomach pains, nausea and violent vomiting. I was so weak I could barely walk
Marcia Casey - survivor
In 1994, a 10-minute surgical procedure was performed for a lump on my left breast. For 2 years prior to my surgery, I had been getting frequent colds. Over time these colds turned into sinus infections with fevers.
On one occasion after cleaning a friend’s house, I became so sick I was out of work for 2 weeks. Never completely recovering and remaining run down, I started cutting back on activities and started to focus on getting myself better. Three months later, they found a lump on my breast. Surgery was scheduled.