Kristin Fox, a 42-year-old mother and high-school principal in Ohio, lost all four limbs when the flu led to a bacterial infection and sepsis infection. She told her story to Fox News Digital.
For most people, getting the flu means a few days of sickness and then a return to regular life. But for Kristin Fox, a 42-year-old mother and high-school principal in Ohio, the virus led to the loss of her arms and legs — and the start of a long, challenging journey to a new normal. Fox’s ordeal began in March 2020, just a few days before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world. She came down with a sore throat on Friday, and by Sunday she felt considerably worse.
By Tuesday night, the hospital brought in a priest, expecting that Fox wouldn’t make it through the night — 'but by the grace of God, I did,' she said. By Thursday, doctors realized Fox was septic, she said. She was put into a medically induced coma and given vasopressor drugs in an attempt to save her vital organs.
They literally wrapped me like a mummy because I didn't want my kids to see — I hadn’t told them yet about losing my arms and legs,' she recalled. Eventually, Fox told her son and daughter — who were 9 and 6 at the time — what had happened. 'Between that and COVID, it was so much for little kids to wrap their minds around.' The next stop was the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Rehabilitation Institute to start physical therapy.
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