Mum-of-six from losing fingers and toes after doctor said 'go back to bed'
A mum-of-six faces losing her fingers and toes after her doctor told her that she should just 'go back to bed'.
Michelle Griffiths, 38, from Llanllyfni in Gwynedd, north-west of Wales, went into multiple organ failure after being informed by her GP that she should return to bed.
A fundraising page has now been set up to help the full-time carer raise money so she can have the tops of her feet and thumb amputated after sepsis attacked her body.
According to her brother-in-law Sion Hughes, the single mum was initially prescribed antibiotics for what was believed to be a kidney infection in December 2022, report ITV News.
Michelle Griffiths, 38, from Llanllyfni in Gwynedd, has been moved from hospital to hospital across North Wales and still faces a long road to recovery (Daily Post Wales)
A GoFundMe page has been set up for the mum (Daily Post Wales)However, the medication prescribed did not work.
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And after receiving a follow up house visit from a doctor, they told her "everything was fine" with her health and that should could "go back to bed" - despite showing no improvement whatsoever.
But just two days later, the full-time carer was forced to drive herself to hospital.
There, she was shockingly diagnosed with pneumonia, sepsis and a possible blood clot on the lung.
Following this, Ms Griffiths now faces a lengthy recovery and has been moved around different hospitals.
Speaking about the "nightmare" situation that the mum has endured, Mr Hughes said that on January 4 the doctors visited the home, but the mum looked "really poorly".
Two days after their visit, she had to drive herself to Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital "in absolute agony," where the family were phoned at 6am the next morning informing them that they needed to go in.
He recalled being told on the phone that Ms Griffiths was "not in a good place" and was told by doctors that they weren't even sure if she was going to pull through.
After taking her to a different hospital, Glan Clwyd, it was there that the medics knew the full extent of her symptoms.
Her brother-in-law Sion Hughes said that, in December, she was prescribed antibiotics by a doctor who thought she had a kidney infection (Daily Post Wales)Mr Hughes continued to say: "When we got there, we were told she had multiple organ failure, so her liver, her kidneys, her lungs - everything had stopped working essentially.
"After a week or so, she still wasn't getting any better, and then she had pneumonia and a possible blood clot on the lung, which then caused a sepsis infection.
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"Her feet turned black, and her thumb also turned black."
He added that after five weeks in Glan Clwyd, she was transferred to Bangor where she was finally un-sedated.
However, Ms Griffiths woke up few weeks ago to find the sepsis had attacked her feet, and she will end up having partial amputation which will be life change for her and her children.
Her brother-in-law added that it has been a long eight to nine weeks since she was taken to hospital, and the road to recovery is going to be long and slow.
The family relative continued to say that the whole family have been left extremely stressed about the situation, and do not "wish this" on anybody.
A fundraising page has since been set up to help Ms Griffiths, where the family have nearly reached their goal of £1,000 so Ms Griffiths can have the top of her feet and thumb amputated.
If you wish to donate, you can do so here.
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