Joanne Kinning

Joanne Kinning
Survivor

I was admitted to hospital last December and was in for two weeks. I had a cough for about five weeks then went to the doctor for two weeks with difficulty with my breathing. At the time I was told I had chest infection, but I got worse and then was told I had bronchitis, but steadily got worse.

I went back to the doctor. By this time I had turned yellow and couldn’t go to the toilet. My kidneys were failing. When I got admitted, I had tests done. I had a gall stone that blocked the tube to my liver and pneumonia. (Sepsis and Pneumonia) I was in a very bad way. My organs had started to fail, but unlike some people I survived all of this

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