Tasha T

In October 25 of 2012, I had given birth to my second child. Labor and delivery were both perfect and I was over the moon happy.
October 26th, the day after, my mom told me that I looked a little pale and clammy and asked me if I felt ok. I told her I was just tired and it must be from the delivery the day before. (Sepsis and Pregnancy & Childbirth)

October 27th I was set to be discharged home with my new bundle of joy. I really wasn’t feeling well that morning. I felt extremely weak and cold. I couldn’t stop shaking for the life of me. I remember trying to breast feed my son and I was shaking so badly I couldn’t even hold him up to feed. I decided to take a hot bath to try feel better which only set things off even worse. Once I got out of the bath and into my bed I knew something was wrong. I pressed the call light and could barely breath well enough to tell them something was wrong. My temperature was 104 and pulse over 200 and I was hypotensive. They called rapid response and all I remember is the room filling up with medical personnel…and the burning, I felt like I was being cooked from the inside. They told me if I had been home, I would have not made it to the hospital.