Woman Undergoes Quadruple Amputation After a Lick from Her Dog Leads to Sepsis: 'It Could Happen to Anybody’
AOL.com • • health
Key Points:
- Manjit Sangha, a 56-year-old woman from Birmingham, England, developed sepsis after her dog licked a small cut, leading to severe complications and a quadruple amputation of both hands and legs below the knee.
- She spent 32 weeks in the hospital, endured six cardiac arrests, and was placed in a medically induced coma, with doctors initially doubting her survival.
- Manjit suffered from disseminated intravascular coagulation, a rare sepsis complication causing abnormal blood clotting, and also had her spleen removed due to pneumonia and gallstones.
- Her family launched a GoFundMe campaign to support her recovery, aiming to fund advanced prosthetics, physical therapy, mental health support, and
