Starfish: One Family's Tale of Triumph After Tragedy

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Miraculously, he did survive, but at terrible physical cost. When he returned home nine months later, he was a quadruple amputee with severe facial disfigurement. It’s a sobering thought that 150,000 people in the UK develop sepsis every year; of those 44,000 die. The old me would have been to the hairdresser and bought a new outfit before you arrived,’ she says. ‘But that version doesn’t exist any more. I had to kill her off because her life had none of the responsibilities I have now.’ I'm A Celeb's Grace Dent admits her heart is broken as she thanks tearful campmates for 'holding her up' in emotional goodbye letter after leaving show She also had to be Tom’s psychological buffer as he adjusted to the limitations of his ravaged body and looks. BRIT Awards 2024 Rising Star shortlist revealed: Caity Baser, The Last Dinner Party and Sekou are all up for a gong

If ever a film was a tough watch, it is this: based on the true story of Tom Ray, a man from Rutland in the East Midlands who in 1999 had to have his arms and legs amputated and part of his face removed after contracting a rare form of septicaemia. He and his wife Nicola lived through the ordeal with great courage. One comes away from the film with real respect for the raw honesty of the performances: Joanne Froggatt is Nicola and Tom Riley is Ray. Alan Carr, 47, cosies up to his hairdresser boyfriend Callum Heslop, 27, as they head out to grab a coffee in Santa Monica London is 'less safe for Jews than Israel' as 'tense' capital braces for 'million strong' pro-Palestine protest to clash with Armistice Day next weekend - with thousands more to march across the country tomorrow Cynthia Nixon's hunger strike to try and end Israel-Palestine conflict will only last two or three DAYS, source claims Molly Mae Hague is seen without her engagement ring AGAIN after fiancé Tommy Fury 'snubbed' her after partying with women in Abu DhabiTom said: “Nic is the most positive human being in the entire world and she is just so excited about it.

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In fact, Tom, then aged 38, had sepsis, a condition where the immune system goes into overdrive in response to an infection, damaging its own tissues. Celia Ingham Clark, medical director for professional leadership and clinical effectiveness at NHS England, said work was ongoing to improve how sepsis is diagnosed. Teyana Taylor EXASPERATED with Iman Shumpert for 'leaking their divorce to the public'... after accusing him of jealousy and narcissism Emma Stone stars with DOLL in surreal Athens photo-shoot by The Favourite director... and quips that she wishes all her films were SILENT Only at 4am, when he started bleeding from his eyes and Nic screamed for help, was he moved to intensive care.The family home, which they share with her mother, doesn’t reflect who she truly is, she explains, just as the clothes she wears – mostly hand-me-downs or charity-shop buys – are not necessarily to her taste. But this place,’ she says sweeping her gaze around a collection of canvases, ‘this is me. This is who I am.’ One of the most common ways of developing Sepsis is following an operation or injury where the wound becomes infected, or as a secondary infection following an illness such as a chest infection or sore throat. Sepsis can follow on from Meningitis and some of the symptoms are similar.