British lawmaker Craig Mackinlay has received a standing ovation in Parliament as he returned to the House of Commons after undergoing a quadruple amputation following a sepsis infection. <\/p>\n
Mackinlay, who is a member of parliament for the governing Conservative party, representing South Thanet in southeast England, fell ill on September 28, 2023. <\/p>\n
He told the BBC that he started to feel ill and turned \u201ca very strange blue\u201d within about 30 minutes. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy whole body, top to bottom, ears, everything, blue,\u201d he said in an interview released Wednesday, describing the symptoms of septic shock. <\/p>\n
Sepsis is the body\u2019s extreme response to an infection. It can be spurred by any type of infection, even a minor one, and occurs when germs enter a person\u2019s body and multiply, causing illness and organ and tissue damage. The life-threatening condition requires urgent medical care to prevent organ damage and death. <\/p>\n
In some cases, sepsis or the infections leading up to it are not properly identified because they can come with a wide range of symptoms such as confusion or disorientation, shortness of breath, high heart rate, fever, shivering or feeling very cold, extreme pain or discomfort, and clammy or sweaty skin, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <\/p>\n
Mackinlay was put into an induced coma with multiple organ failures, and told UK media outlet GB News that there is a period of around three weeks where he can\u2019t remember what happened. <\/p>\n
When he woke up, he found that his hands and feet had turned black. <\/p>\n
\u201cI could see these things were probably lost,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
On November 30, Mackinlay recorded a video from his hospital bed in which he showed the damage to his limbs. <\/p>\n
\u201cit\u2019s caused the complete death of my hands and also my feet,\u201d he said, describing them as \u201cgnarled, dry, dessicated\u201d and revealing that he was due to undergo a quadruple amputation the next day. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe reality is I probably shouldn\u2019t have survived this far,\u201d said Mackinlay. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe grim reaper let me survive, but he\u2019s taken his payment in four of my limbs,\u201d he adds. <\/p>\n
Mackinlay\u2019s wife, Kati Mackinlay, told GB News that doctors told her he had only a 5% chance of survival, but she remained hopeful. <\/p>\n
\u201cI never said goodbye, I never thought that\u2019s it for Craig,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI always knew that Craig would pull through and he did.\u201d <\/p>\n
The operation, in which his arms were amputated from the elbow and his legs from the knee, took around 4-5 hours, Mackinlay told GB News. He then went through a rehabilitation process to learn how to live with prosthetic arms and legs. <\/p>\n
He has also some scarring to his face and ears due to a lack of blood supply, he added. <\/p>\n
Nonetheless, Mackinlay is eager to get back to work. <\/p>\n
\u201cGet back into the saddle, get back into Parliament, get back doing the things I enjoy,\u201d he told GB News. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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