She spent more than two weeks in hospital undergoing tests with doctors, who determined that she had suffered a reaction to the vaccine.
Sarah Beuckmann, from Glasgow, is still urging people to get the jab despite suffering a severe reaction Sarah Beuckmann, from Glasgow, initially only developed common flu-like symptoms when she had her first dose of the jab on March 18.
Sarah said she would still encourage people to get the jab as she knows her side effect was extremely rare.But the mum, whose rash spread to her arms, face and buttocks, wants people to be aware of the changes it can cause to the body and what to do if they have an extreme reaction.She told the Daily Record: ‘I still believe people should be vaccinated and the amount of people that have had it and have been okay shows that it is safe for most.
‘It’s not to scare people but just in case this does happen to anybody else, it means they’re going to get the treatment straight away.’ ‘At one point, I was sitting there thinking, “Am I going to have my legs amputated?” because I didn’t know what was going on and obviously this is new to the hospital staff as well.