An 18-year-old Suffolk woman who ‘died’ five times as she battled septicaemia, pleurisy and pneumonia last year feared she was once again ‘on her death bed’ as she was treated in hospital for Covid-19.
But today Casey Davies is back home in Bury St Edmunds recovering from the virus, having spent more than two weeks being treated at West Suffolk Hospital.
Casey first realised something was wrong when her chest began to feel tight and a persistent cough would not disappear – but she tested negative for the virus on four occasions and doctors diagnosed her with a chest infection.
That all changed on April 24, when she went to her mum’s house feeling like she was “on her death bed”. A day later, an ambulance was called and she was admitted to West Suffolk Hospital.
Miss Davies was initially put on a normal ward, where she helped elderly patients with their needs after seeing NHS staff “rushed off their feet” throughout the day.
But tested positive for the virus three days later and later required oxygen.
Miss Davies said: “None of us thought I had the virus, but then within minutes I was put on an IV drip and was being given so many different medications.
“The pain was awful, I was coughing up blood and my temperature rose to 40C. I also lost my sense of taste and smell.
“It felt like I was on my death bed.”
This was not the type one diabetic’s first time in hospital, last year Miss Davies’ heart stopped five times while battling septicaemia, pleurisy and pneumonia. She also struggles with asthma.
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