Lori Flagg

I shouldn’t be alive today but thank God I am. It’s been 3 1/2 months since I went into septic shock. I was in respiratory failure and many of my organs from my pancreas, liver and heart were failing as well.

I was in a coma for a week and in the hospital for a month. The recovery has been slow for me. Although I appear healthy I am easily physically fatigued from simple things I used to so casually and daily. My energy levels have been minimum and emotionally experiencing a lot of ups and downs. I have memory loss from it and struggle to put bits and pieces together to understand how it happened and why so fast. I am scared to go places I don’t even like to go for walks anymore, I’m just scared something will happen. (Sepsis and Post-Sepsis Syndrome)

I’m not sure why I am writing this. Perhaps because I don’t want to burden my loved ones as they have been through enough. It just feels like I am still battling this. How long will it be before I get my energy back and feel that confidence strolling through life without a care? I am so depressed and frustrated!