Lisa Jones, 44, has also been told her fingers will fall off after they turned black from blood poisoning.
Her hands and feet turned black as the disease affected the blood supply to her limbs.Lisa, who is recovering at home four months on, said she is only alive thanks to her "hero" 10-year-old daughter Carly-Ann.
Lisa had been running her own cleaning company, as well as looking after her daughter, before she was ill.Lisa, who was busy running her own cleaning business at the time, woke up in the middle of the night in June and vomited.Her sister, Tanya, insisted on eventually calling anLisa said the last thing she remembered was seeing the words "suspected sepsis" on a screen and a paramedic saying: "'Don't worry Lisa, we're going to get you straight in'.
She woke up from a coma three days later "the talk of the hospital," with doctors and nurses saying it was a "miracle" she was still alive.Although doctors initially tried to save Lisa's right foot, and despite brief hope she might avoid having it amputated with strenuous physical therapy, it ultimately had to be removed.Lisa has not been able to get a prosthetic leg yet, and her dad is fundraising to get her an electric wheelchair.
Reflecting on the support she has received from her family, Lisa said: "It's been very hard on my mental health but my little girl has got me through it. At night-time she's made sure I've been taking my medication.
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