This man caught what he thought was a common cold, but the cold turned into a mysterious illness, that slowly and surely caused him pain and loss of limbs. Here is the story of Alex Lewis and how he lost everything and still came out as a winner.
1 The man Alex Lewis
Alex Lewis was living a normal life in 2013. He had a beautiful wife and a young son then. But it all changed as he contracted the common cold. Instead of getting medical advice, Alex stayed at home and thought that the cold was pass, as it was the season of cold and even his son had one.
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However, as time passed by, Alex’s condition became extremely serious. He suffered from high fever and as time passed, he started passing blood in the urine and ultimately, his urine turned purple. Akex’s wife Lucy recalls that fateful night and says, “I called an ambulance and within eight minutes they were there. At the hospital, we went straight into resuscitation, and I was told to say goodbye. His kidneys were shutting down, and they were going to put him on life support”
Doctors at the hospital told Lucy and Alex that all of his organs were shutting down due to a strange, but deadly disease, he had contracted from the cold.
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2 The mysterious illness
It was found that Alex had contracted streptococcal infection that had caused blood poisoning and organ failure. It is bacterial infection that starts to eat away at the organs. Alex was in coma for a week, but miraculously pulled through. However, his legs and an arm were infected badly and doctors had to amputate them to stop the spreading of the infection.
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They also had to remove a part of his face, as it was been eaten away by the infection. Alex says, “I can remember seeing my legs in hospital and how they were getting blacker and blacker. The blackness was creeping up towards my waist. I don’t remember seeing my left arm in that condition, but I can remember my legs vividly.”
But more than the pain of losing his limbs, he was hurt when his own son Sam, was reluctant to come near him, as he was scared of what his father had become. By the end of 2014, his other arm was also amputated and a man that was once fit was now rendered immobile.
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