I was a Team GB triathlete. Now I’ve lost all my limbs to sepsis

Last Christmas, Lily McGarry was helping patients in and out of bed on a rehabilitation ward in a hospital in Jersey. The ...
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A 10-Year-Old Had a Bruise that Wasn't 'Unusual.' She Was Diagnosed with Killer Disease and Had to Have 3 Limbs Amputated

Penelope Vidal-Walsh has spent almost 100 days "fighting" for her life in the hospital, her father said A 10-year-old in England had a bruise that many "wouldn't suspect as unusual" before she was ...
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UK College Student Has Legs, Fingers Amputated After Mistaking Severe Illness For The Flu

The student actually had meningococcal disease that led to sepsis. After mistaking a severe illness for a typical fall season flu, a UK teen now lives a new reality from the near-death experience.
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College student has legs amputated after learning her ‘flu’ is actually deadly disease

A student’s “freshers’ flu” turned out to be deadly meningitis — and she had both legs amputated to save her life. Ketia Moponda, 19, arrived at university eight days before she was struck down with ...
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Teenager Has Legs and Fingers Amputated After Mistaking a Serious Illness for the Flu: ‘My Feet Were Green’

Ketia Moponda had to get her legs and fingers amputated in life-saving operations after mistaking a serious illness for freshers’ flu a few months earlier The 19-year-old college student was found ...