A ‘fit and healthy’ young man was forced to have both of his legs amputated just days before his 21st birthday — after his flu-like symptoms turned out to be sepsis. Levi Dewy was left in an induced ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A nurse, veteran and mom to two sons. After facing sepsis, Karole Steagall is now left without her hands and her feet. “She just lost everything. Her job, her dog, her home, ...
A "fit and healthy" young man was forced to have both of his legs amputated just days before his 21st birthday - after his flu-like symptoms turned out to be sepsis. Levi Dewey was left in an induced ...
A 'fit and healthy' young man was forced to have both legs amputated just days before his 21st birthday after what he thought was flu turned out to be deadly sepsis. In December 2022, Levi Dewy, now ...
Levi was given a 30% chance of survival, but was able to recover after having both of his legs amputated A healthy young man had both his legs amputated after what he thought was the flu turned out to ...
After Rory Staunton fell at the gym and cut his arm in March of 2012, the 12-year-old became feverish. He vomited during the night and complained of a sharp pain in his leg. When his parents called ...
A simple blood test can tell doctors when it is safe to stop antibiotics in patients recovering from sepsis, a review led by ...
Erin Bates is finding the positive as she adjusts to her new normal after a sepsis battle. “After almost three weeks in the hospital, I have never been so thankful to finally head home to our babies,” ...
Researchers identify how infections lead to thrombosis during sepsis Thrombosis is a common, life-threatening consequence of systemic infection; however, the underlying factors that drive ...
She said: "Sepsis affects people of all ages, although very young children and elderly patients are more at risk of developing sepsis after an infection, due to an insufficiently developed or ...