He went to the doctor for a cough and his legs were amputated

Jayne Carpenter, a 51-year-old nurse, went to the hospital after a strong cough and a feeling of weakness in the body. Upon entering the hospital, he was diagnosed with sepsis that could have cost him his life.

The native woman of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales told the British media that her first symptoms were shortness of breath, difficulty walking, and throat discomfort. Carpenter stated that despite this, he did not go to the doctor because

I wanted to make stories. When he finally consulted with his family doctor, he advised her to be seen by specialists.The woman was at the beginning of a fatal sepsis.

According to local sources, Jayne's body would have been exaggerated as a flu and that's why he began to stack his own tissues. One night, from beginning to end, he fell into a coma when his organs began to fail due to septic shock.

Carpenter's blood pressure had dropped to a dangerously low level due to sepsis, a violent immune response to an infection. His body had developed small blood clots in his blood vessels, which prevented the torrent from flowing between his fingers, hands, arms and legs.

Jayne spent nine weeks in a coma at the hospital, fighting for her life. Rob, her husband, learned that his wife would die if she did not have several amputations. In total, his left arm was removed under his elbow, both legs and four fingers in his right hand. "It was completely devastating and changed my life. You never foresee that sepsis will happen to you. He has upset my world, "said the brave nurse.

After overcoming a strong depression, the woman now saves to acquire more complex prostheses with better mobility.