Erik Webb

Survivor

It all started when I crushed my right foot and it became infected. (Sepsis and Bacterial Infections) After 3 tries with different antibiotics my wound specialist sent me home for the weekend saying if it did not improve he was going to amputate. Next, I woke up from 32 days of induced coma and mech. Ventilator. This story takes place in the spring of 2022, and I still am having issues. No wonder. I was diagnosed with septic shock, kidney injury and failure, liver and respiratory failure, and a. Fib., rhabdomyolysis, delerium, hypoxia, hypercapnia. It goes further but you get it.

I was informed I was less than 24 hours from life support being terminated. I went into a rehab hospital as inpatient, and was wheeled out in 3 weeks. I was a miracle, I thought. I failed to do my follow up appts, and came back to Montana from Arizona where I was in ICU. The post sepsis syndrome is real even though doctors here don’t believe anything I tell them about what’s going on with my body, mind, and spirit. I’m hoping support helps and I can be that miracle. I have never been more scared since I am going through this all by myself. No family, friends, or doctors to help. Thank you and really the story is still unfolding. Kindly, Erik Webb.

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