Lori Hernandez

It started on Thursday I called in sick to work because I was just not feeling good. On Friday I was vomiting and had terrible diarrhea so stayed home again. I don’t remember much after that. I had called my son twice on Saturday and hung up. No recollection. He asked me mom are you ok and I sent him a text with a laughing emoji. No recollection.

On Sunday my sister asked me a question and I made no sense she said. She took me to urgent care and they told her I needed to go to the hospital right away. I was taken by ambulance and I mentally returned somewhat on Tuesday and Wednesday was a little clearer. I had a kidney infection and bladder infection, which led to sepsis. (Sepsis and Urinary Tract Infections)

I lost Friday – Tuesday and I remember none of it. I don’t know why but it really bugs me that I can’t remember anything. When I mention it no one understands and it frustrates me. I came home on oxygen due to pulmonary hypertension which they think I had for some time it just wasn’t diagnosed. I get so upset because no one listens to me.

It is so hard for me to handle a bunch of things getting thrown on me at once. I shut down. I am back at work and trying to manage. I just wish my brain would catch up. I find myself getting angrier than I use to be in stressful situations. I just want someone to hear me and they don’t. I find myself walking into a store I have walked into so many times and freeze because I can’t remember where things are. I want to scream out sometimes and wish I could be my old self before sepsis. I have faith in Christ and I know he is walking with me and I try to lean on him. When will things get to a new normal where this all subsides.