Alexa Klein

On February 1st 2025 I had my gallbladder removed via laparoscopic surgery because of gallstones and blockage of bile duct. I didn’t have a complications directly after. But on 4/17 I got severely nauseous, projectile vomiting, cold sweats, hot sweats, and severe stomach pain. (Sepsis and Surgery) I went to the hospital here they tested my blood, ran cultures, and ultimately admitted me to the ER. I was there for two days and one night and then released on antibiotics for a week.

Then on 6/17 I had the same symptoms but even more severe. I was projectile vomiting, vomiting all my bike, couldn’t hold down anything water included, and gut wrenching stomach pains. They diagnosed me with colitis and said I had an infection in my blood stream and sepsis, my anus was raw and my hemorrhoids will never be the same. I also had very bad watery dark diarrhea following the intravenous antibiotics I was on for two weeks at home it was very painful and very annoying. I was in the hospital with sepsis for 5 days and 4 nights and it was not pleasant. I am only 23 years old and have been a sepsis survivor twice in two months.