Post by gato on Jan 1, 2024 6:06:16 GMT -5
Lucinda Mullins goes into hospital for treatment of a kidney stone. And then:
As she recounted it to WLEX, Mullins grappled with a kidney stone in the weeks before the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. She received treatment, but the kidney stone subsequently caused an infection, and she became septic.
Mullins was rushed to the hospital and sedated for days after doctors worked on her. When she woke up from her sedation, she realized her legs had been amputated. And doctors told her she would ultimately need a quadruple amputation to save her life after her infection had spread, subjecting her to a rare “perfect storm” of potentially deadly medical problems.
“I’ve lost my legs from the knees down bilaterally, and I’m going to lose my arms probably below the elbow bilaterally,” Mullins said to WLEX. She added that a doctor with whom she used to work had said to her: “This is what they had to do to save your life – this is what’s happened.”
As she recounted it to WLEX, Mullins grappled with a kidney stone in the weeks before the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. She received treatment, but the kidney stone subsequently caused an infection, and she became septic.
Mullins was rushed to the hospital and sedated for days after doctors worked on her. When she woke up from her sedation, she realized her legs had been amputated. And doctors told her she would ultimately need a quadruple amputation to save her life after her infection had spread, subjecting her to a rare “perfect storm” of potentially deadly medical problems.
“I’ve lost my legs from the knees down bilaterally, and I’m going to lose my arms probably below the elbow bilaterally,” Mullins said to WLEX. She added that a doctor with whom she used to work had said to her: “This is what they had to do to save your life – this is what’s happened.”
