(I was in hospital for 16 days and still recovering at home).
....really?
COVID?
I had an infection that caused sepsis. I could have died they said.... they gave me 2 operations and left a huge hole in me.
Everyday a nurse comes and dresses the wound. It was 7 cm deep now it only 2 cm... it still bloody hurts though.
Holy shit Cas! Thank God you are okay. Sepsis is a VERY fast killer! That's no joke.
And look at you. Back and correcting Ukraine conspiracies lol.
Seems to be a Lotta nasty bugs floating around down unda.
Meningitis Encaphilitis as well?
One of the downsides about living in warmer climates.
Sepsis is not a bug you catch. It's an infection you can get at any time from either a wound or something wrong with your body. It's a pretty deadly blood infection.
From the time you start feeling off you have about 12 hours to get help before all your organs start shutting down. You go hypoxic. Your blood becomes toxic. Its terrifying.
I've seen people die from going septic and watched people recover from going septic and its HORRIBLE. I've seen all kinds of shit working in the medical feild and only two things truly scare the shit out of me. Sepsis, and necrotizing fasciitis. Oh add bacterial meningitis on there. Encephalitis is a condition that can be caused by meningitis, its swelling of the tissue surrounding your brain. That's scary too.....but it's not as scary as sepsis. Encephalitis can be dealt with easily in a medical setting....sepsis is IV vancomycin and calling on the Lord, hoping it was caught fast enough. One of the scariest things about meningitis is the fact you can easily go septic. If you are hospitalized with meningitis that's gonna be one of the things they are keenly watching for and one the biggest worries. You'll be getting vitals every two hours for that purpose(early sepsis can be caught by blood pressure readings)
I'm really glad Caskur was able to get medical attention quickly or she would no longer have been with us.