Sepsis - I need some positive stories, please please please

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My lovely sister-in-law is very seriously ill. She had bad pain yesterday, ended up in hospital, was moved to HDU and then today moved to intensive care. They suspected sepsis. Turns out she has a kidney stone causing a blockage, leading to infection and sepsis. She's in theatre now getting a stent to relieve the blockage.

I'm so worried about her, and my poor brother. Please, if you've got good stories about recovering from sepsis, can you share them? I am hundreds of miles away and wish I could be there to give my brother a big hug.

DD and DP both had sepsis when DD was born; they were both fine. It is scary and I am so sorry you're having to worry about it. I will be keeping everything crossed for your SIL.

Hiya,
I’m so sorry you are going through this..
My baby son had sepsis at 7 weeks old and recovered.. they will be taking the very best care of her.
Xxx

According to the NHS website, ‘most people recover from sepsis’.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/sepsis/treatment-and-recovery/

My uncle had it and was given the last rites. He made a full recovery and had a long life.

Loads of people recover from it, in my line of work I'm sending maybe one every other day into hospital with it, so far they have all come back.

My FIL was blue lighted off a plane to hospital with sepsis. He was about 61 at the time and despite being very poorly with it he made a complete recovery.

dh has sepsis & endocarditis after a colonoscopy -it was a slow moving infection which gp didn't recognise for sometime (he previously had a aortic valve replacement & he was very lucky that he didn't need it urgently replaces - which would have been fun because he has ITP) He was eventually diagnosed & dr sent him into a & e. 6 weeks in hospital on double doses of iv antibiotic & he was fine & has been ever since.
Hope all goes as well for you op
Please everybody if you get a temperature after a colonoscopy go straight to doctor

I had sepsis - was at the doctors with my daughter because she was getting some results back - I collapsed in the surgery. Taken to hospital and found out my gallbladder had started to 'putrify'. I'd had gallbladder attacks for years and GP had said that gallbladder was better in than out. So I put up with the attacks.

The surgeon said that the operation to remove it was a 'bloody mess', had to convert to an 'open' procedure and it had also affected my pancreas - this still bothers me from time to time. I was in hospital for three nights until I discharged myself because I couldn't sleep because of various reasons. I made a quick recovery at home.

My son developed sepsis after a hernia operation.

GP was refusing a home visit the following week (4th day after surgery) - he couldn't walk because of pain and his wound was leaking foul liquid.

My husband got me to stand in the back of his van with my son and delivered us to the doctors. (Good use of caravan steps.). There was no way he could lower himself in and out of a car.

We were stood either side of him, holding him up, in reception when his wound burst open and dropped about half a pint of foul liquid on the floor.

He was seen immediately after that - ambulance straight to hospital. Emergency operation and a much longer stay in hospital than his original day case hernia operation. He had a problem with low blood pressure for a while afterwards but made a good recovery.

Also, last year, my six week premature granddaughter had sepsis in NICU after major abdominal surgery - was touch and go for a while but she pulled through. She was only 2lb in weight at that point. Interestingly, my daughter did not know her baby had sepsis until baby was discharged six weeks later. It was on the discharge letter. When she asked why she wasn't told, they said because it was a very common occurrence and there was no point worrying her. She wasn't told that her baby also had a collapsed lung - that's another story.

What I'm trying to say is that we panic when we hear 'sepsis' but it's quite common and easily treated.

I wish your SIL a speedy recovery.

My dd had sepsis stemming from an infection in her lung 4 years ago.

She was in surgery for the lung problem and her organs started failing, I was pulled into a side room and told she wouldn't make it.

She pulled through the op and I was told to say my goodbyes.

6 weeks later she was out of hospital, she was signed off a year later (they had to keep an eye on her due to the organs starting to fail).

She is now a happy, cheeky 6 year old running me ragged.

Wishing you all the very best

Poor woman. I had kidney stone (s) and passed them. ( We were on holiday in a very remote place. Too ill and in too much agony to travel. The damage done still showed on scans years later) The indescribable pain made childbirth like a walk in the park.

I hope SIL does well.

My son had sepsis from a kidney infection that went rogue.

Was unconscious in resus for 6 hours and I was told the infection was affecting his heart and lungs and they were “doing everything they could”. His kidneys also shut up shop. His temperature got as high as it is possible to go.

He was in hospital for 4 days and recovered ok once on the right mixture of antibiotics.

My Nan was in her seventies and had sepsis after an operation on her bowel. She was very ill and they put her in an induced coma, told us to expect the worse but she made a full recovery back to how she was pre-op.

My little 2 pound NICU baby had sepsis. Antibiotics and some love brought him round :)

My dad aged 85 had sepsis, his blood pressure was 73/37 and we were called to his bedside as he was expected to die that night. My mum and I stayed over in the hospital and he seemed to perk up. He made a full recovery. 🤞🙏 for your lovely sister-in-law OP

I had it, had antibiotic drip etc, made a full recovery. I did develop pneumonia at home, after as well, but am still fine xx

Hi, my mum and my father in law have both had sepsis. It is very scary when it is happening but they have both recovered and are fine now. The important thing is to catch it and get treatment because it often gets missed, so your sister in law is in exactly the right place now. I have said a prayer for your sister in law and your family.

My mum (80 at the time) made a full recovery from sepsis.

The key point was it was recognised quickly and appropriate meds given quickly and it sounds as if that's what has happened in your SILs case too OP. So all should be well.

My mum was in hospital for 6 weeks though - slow but steady recovery. She was out of danger by beginning of week 3 :)

DH had sepsis with peritonitis a couple of years ago. He was very poorly, in critical care. It was terrifying at the time (more for me than him, he was off his tits on pain relief and didn’t even know what sepsis was!) I thought I was going to loose him but after a few days on strong IV antibiotics he pulled around and less than a year later was back running a 10k race.

Meant to add DMs started as UTI.

My 90 year old nan had infected gallstone, she had lots of antibiotics, 3 weeks in hospital and she made full recovery

Dh had sepsis about 10 years ago following a perforated bowel, burst appendix and peritonitis. He was very poorly for about 7 days but made a full recovery.

My husband had it twice, two years on the trot, both times after an operation. He was in intensive care for 10 days last time and pretty poorly. But he pulled through it. It took some getting over, he was painfully thin and weak for a long time. But he’s great now.

Oh gosh thank you all so much - you're all so kind. I'm so sorry you've all had such scary times! But it helps a lot to hear your stories of recovery. I did not want to Google, it seemed too scary.

She's out of surgery - didn't get the stone but they're hoping it will work it's way out now she has a stent. Funnily enough I had kidney stones a month or so ago and it was awful, I can't imagine how crap she must be feeling.

The hospital said she is still very unwell but she is in ICU and clearly in the right place - my poor brother is exhausted too.

I appreciate your replies so, so much.

@changingstages it’s really scary, but it can turn out ok.

My MIL had sepsis, dementia, diabetes, and a heart condition and she spent a week on a ward very poorly and made a full recovery.

My DD also had it when she was 7 from a UTI, was rushed to A&E very poorly (not a bloody symptom of a UTI, so everyone was flummoxed as to why she had sepsis). Lots of intravenous antibiotics, various other meds and a week on a ward. Then home all safe and sound.

Wishing your SIL a speedy recovery!

My 23 month old DS had sepsis at the beginning of this month. What’s critical is that they grow the cultures and ID the bacteria that’s causing it - my son had 4 different antibiotics while waiting for the culture results and they discovered it was an unusual strain. Luckily he was in the right place and is now back to his usual happy self.

hope everything goes well for you all