Flu-Like Symptoms Lead to Life-Changing Amputations for Teen

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00:00Flu-like symptoms lead to life-changing amputations for teen.

00:04At university, flu-like freshers, flu is common, but 19-year-old Kiyama Ponda's symptoms

00:10signaled something far more dangerous.

00:16She was found unconscious and rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Leicester in an ambulance.

00:21According to the doctor's diagnosis, the teenager had a severe type of blood poisoning

00:25known as meningococcal septicemia, which led to bacterial meningitis and ultimately, sepsis.

00:32Recounting the sequence of events, she stated that,

00:34When I got to the hospital, my blood oxygen level was at 1%, the blood wasn't circulating

00:39around my body, and my skin was colorless.

00:42My feet were green and swollen, my organs were failing, and doctors told my family that if

00:47I woke at all, I'd likely be brain dead.

00:50Upon awakening a couple of days later, Mponda realized that was unable to speak or see for

00:54a week, and lack of blood flow led to amputations.

00:58Mponda stated that,

00:59I woke from the operation and just cried.

01:02I felt like my whole life had just begun, and now I had to start all over again differently.

01:10Her legs had been amputated below the knee, and in May, she received prosthetic lower legs.

01:15Until then, she's not remaining idle and has amazingly already gotten to a point where

01:19she can walk unassisted.

01:21At first, I thought I'd give up on modeling, but I won't.

01:24You don't have to hide who you are.

01:26This doesn't make me less of a person.

01:28I am unapologetically me, and I want to help others to feel confident about who they

01:32are and how they look.

01:34I'm very headstrong, and I plan to break all the barriers of disability, she stated.

01:42The Neisseria meningitidis bacterium can live in the nose and throat of healthy people without

01:47causing harm in university residences, but close contact can spread it.

01:53After a mild viral illness, the throat's lining becomes vulnerable, which gives the bacterium

01:58the opportunity to cross over into the bloodstream.

02:01There are vaccines that can reduce risk, but catching it early is very important.

02:06If you notice any of these symptoms, seek medical care as soon as possible.

02:10The symptoms that you should look out for are extreme drowsiness, confusion, a rash, cold

02:15limbs, a severe headache, and a stiff neck.

02:17Don't understand.

02:19Don't listen to the symptoms that are palab a lot.

02:20That's good.

02:21You can hear it.

02:22Let me know.

02:23Don't listen to the symptoms.

02:24That's good.

02:25You can hear that, you'll see.

02:26The symptoms that you can hear from someone that can drain sicknesses, you can do.

02:28There are not a severe symptoms.

02:29The symptoms of the symptoms that we have indicated by the symptoms that have been

02:43in the end of therial disease.

02:44There are not the symptoms that have been said before.

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