Brittany H.

I had an ingrown hair on my tailbone but thought nothing of it I just thought it would go away but I was so wrong. That ingrown hair turned into a cyst which had gotten infected and then turned into sepsis. (Sepsis and Bacterial Infections) I didn’t know it though until it turned it septic shock.

This took place August 19th 2023. My fiance came home from a trip and found me acting odd. I do not recall any of this, I just remember saying I was very hot and he then called an ambulance for me because I kept going in and out of consciousness. I made it to the hospital and was in septic shock in the ICU I spent the next 6 days on a ventilator in a medically induced coma I was in organ failure.

I spent a total of 14 days in the hospital and by the grace of God I had no organ damage when I woke up from my coma. I also able to keep all my limbs. Had I known sooner about sepsis all of this could have been avoided. I’m thankful to be here today to tell my story and raise awareness because I am a septic shock survivor.