Surviving near death sepsis and ARDS
June 7th, 2017 i went to Children’s hospital of Philadelphia, or CHOP to get a nuss bar procedure done. The nuss bar procedure solves a chest deformity called pectus excavatum. It’s a minimally invasive procedure and i was barely nervous at all. Somehow, which were still not sure of the reason i caught life threatening sepsis, which is basically the body’s response to a terrible infection. My mom realized something was off with me after they sent me home after 3 days of being in the hospital and took me back. They soon realized something was wrong and thought I’ was overdosed on narcotics, sent me up to the ICU, and narammed me. Soon after they realized i had sepsis and began to give me oxygen and 8 bags of fluids to flush the sepsis out. I was soon after put on a ventilator and eventually VV Ecmo which is the highest form of life support, and my last chance at survival. The sepsis needed to be flushed out and caused MODS (multi organ dis function syndrome) and the fluids caused ARDS ( Acute respitory destress syndrome). I was the sickest person at the hospital the night i got sick and had less then 5% of A chance to live. I was IN the ICU for one whole month. I don’t have any lung problems now though which is great. . I somehow lived, even after battling depression the whole year before. My depression is now gone but i deal with anxiety, OCD And PTSD. It’s hard but better then depression. Recovery was also really hard with constant hair loss, pain and weakness. I had to relearn to eat, drink, walk, and do daily things like brush my hair and put cloths on. I was in PT all summer after i left the hospital and tried to rebuild my strength. I’m totally rebuilt no, except for the PTSD.
