Suzanne Graham thought she had a bad cold, the flu or pneumonia in the run-up to Christmas.
A woman has revealed a picture of her in intensive care with sepsis so severe she had to learn to walk again. Suzanne Graham, 45, was suffering from what she suspected was a bad cold in the run-up to Christmas.
Speaking about when she first fell in, she said: ''I was busy and there was a lot happening. I had a cold that I didn't think too much about, but it just lingered. Suzanne arranged an emergency appointment with her GP but her condition had worsened to the point where she was unable to walk for any length of time. She said: "My husband had to help me get to the GP.
''They said that the situation had spiralled out of control, and the oxygen that I was getting from the ventilator wasn't going to be enough to keep me alive." The machine uses an artificial lung to oxygenate the blood outside of the body. Luckily, Suzanne was eligible for the treatment - but the closest machine was 145 miles away, in Aberdeen.
Suzanne was in Aberdeen for seven days, where she continued to receive ECMO treatment. Luckily, she responded well, and was able to be transferred back to Glasgow to continue her treatment. She said: "I was bedbound. I was in hospital for three weeks, and it's amazing just how quickly you lose your muscle mass. I think they call it 'intensive care syndrome' - because you're just lying there, you lose your muscles.
She explained: "Mentally, it's been a lot. It's a known thing for people in intensive care to experience hallucinations - people can struggle with making sense of that.
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