00:00The common misconception is it can just be any infection, a chest infection, you know, a splinter for my uncle that, if left untreated, can turn septic.
00:11Just to be clear, the doctors have told you if you'd arrived at hospital 24 hours later, you would not be sitting here.
00:19So this is important, obviously, for you. You're doing better now, but also for everybody at home.
00:25What were the signs of sepsis that you missed at the beginning that are so important for us all to understand?
00:33So dehydration was the biggest thing, to the point where my lips had become so dry that they were pretty much crusty.
00:40The fact that I had this back pain that just was not disappearing, breathlessness and a high fever.
00:46The biggest signs I can say, which I've now had since on reinfection, which alerted me to it very quickly before it turned septic, was the high temperature.
