A woman, whose sepsis treatment was delayed, has caused her to lose both of her feet and all ten of her fingers. She bared the painful effects of receiving sepsis therapy too late.
Last Christmas, Sadie Kemp’s nightmare started when she had a kidney stone, which left her with severe back pain, according to a report from Tyla.
Woman Receives Late Medication to Sepsis
She visited A&E at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Cambridge due to this pain, and after receiving pain medication was instructed to come back the following day for a kidney scan.
Her pain lingered despite therapy, though, and that night, at 4 a.m. she found herself back in the emergency room. She was suspected to have sepsis two hours later, at about 5:40 a.m., although her medical file indicates that no treatment was given at that time.
Instead, she received only life-saving treatment as her health continued to deteriorate on Boxing Day. Sepsis is a “life-threatening reaction to an infection,” according to the NHS, which eventually leads to an immune system overreaction that may harm your organs.
According to the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, Sadie should have received sepsis treatment at 6:35 p.m., but she was kept waiting until 10 p.m.
Patient’s Legs Are Amputated
After being transported to Peterborough City Hospital for the surgical removal of her kidney stone due to her critical state, the mother of two ultimately spent two weeks on life support.
In a recent study, Sadie’s condition deteriorated because of the delay in receiving care, and as a result, she eventually developed gangrene and needed “major amputation surgery” to repair it. Now that Sadie requires medical attention to help her get her life back on track, lawyer Irwin Mitchel is assisting her.
In an effort to preserve more of her legs and give herself the possibility of walking with a permanent prosthesis, she had private foot amputations from the ankle down at a cost of £18,000.
Currently, the NHS does not offer this kind of care. Unfortunately, sepsis is difficult to diagnose since it might appear to have a lot of different symptoms, but some of them include slurred speech, disorientation, intense shivering, and muscular pain.
