Kerry Wright

I gave birth on 11/08/2015 to a healthy 10lb 5 baby boy. Was sent home on 12/08/2015 and then in the evening of 13/08/2015 my world as I knew it changed. My baby boy went floppy whilst breastfeeding and he had an extremely high temperature. I couldn’t get him to react to anything so myself and my husband rushed him to our local A&E. His temperature had rose and they carried out several tests.

He was admitted for sepsis and was stuck in 2 lots of antibiotics. (Sepsis and Children) I stayed at the hospital for several days with him and whilst there I felt fine. Then one night I lost an extremely lot of blood and said in conversation to my son’s nurse that I felt a little dizzy but put it down to the blood lose following child birth. The nurse sent me back to the Maternity Ward to get checked. On the way up, I nearly collapsed in the corridor with a pain in my lower back. Once checked by the doctor, I was too diagnosed with sepsis and was put straight on medication. (Sepsis and Pregnancy & Childbirth) I was admitted and spent the next week in hospital whilst my son was sent home with his Dad after being cured.

They panicked about how bad I got and couldn’t work out where the infection was. I had a temperature but it was a hot summer and I had just had a baby. My heart rate was high but I had no idea. I had no pain but did feel dizzy which I thought was just because I had had a baby. They checked my placenta but said it had almost gone so wasn’t from child birth. I was not happy with my treatment whilst I was in hospital as I didn’t feel like there was anything wrong with me. It was only once I got home and looked into sepsis that I realised how lucky myself and my son are. My 2 older children and my husband could have lost both of us within a week and without being in hospital with my son, I may never have realised in time that anything was wrong. I can’t express enough, how important it is to catch this killer early and know the signs.