How a US woman lost all 4 limbs after contracting flu. 'I felt I was dying'

Kristen Fox’s arms and limbs had to be amputated to save her life. (Image: @isearch247/X)

An Ohio resident talked about a how a flu changed her life during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. According to a report by Fox News, Kristen Fox is warning about complications of a simple flu and how it resulted in the loss of her four limbs.

In a phone interview with Fox News Digital, Fox, who works as a high school principal, revealed that she got a sore throat on a random Friday in March 2020. However, within four days she had to be put on life-support when her blood pressure and oxygen dropped to dangerously low levels.

"I felt like I was dying," she said, adding, “Within 30 minutes, I was on a ventilator, and they said I probably wouldn't make it.” A nurse came to check on her on the fourth day since contracting the flu.

Fox, 42, came to know that she was suffering from bacterial pneumonia which was causing organ failure. Her kidneys were failing and one of her lungs had collapsed.

The hospital even brought a priest after seeing her condition as the staff thought that she won’t survive. It was a miracle that she did. By Thursday, Fox became septic and doctors had to put her in a medically-induced coma to administer vasopressor drugs in a bid to save her vital organs.

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"The doctors told my family they should prepare for the loss of some fingers or toes, because they were pulling so much from my extremities to try to keep my organs alive," Fox said.

Fox’s arms and limbs had to be amputated to save her life. She was brought out of her coma later and was discharged in May.

"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," Fox quoted further.