Brave nurse who lost both her legs and an arm to sepsis after a cough says she wants to travel the world
Jayne Carpenter lost three limbs to sepsis which she developed from a simple cough - but less than a year later she is making a miracle recovery
A BRAVE woman is planning an around-the-world trip despite losing both legs and an arm to sepsis.
Nurse Jayne Carpenter, 49, was hit with the infection which developed from a simple cough.
She lost three limbs - but less than a year later she is making a miracle recovery and said: "I feel so lucky to be alive."
Now Jayne and husband Rob, who have been married for 18 years, are determined to follow their globe-trotting dreams.
She said: "We didn't have children so we started to travel all over the world.
"We are both determined that my disability won't let any of this stop us travelling - Vietnam and Cambodia are next on our list.
"I want to go everywhere we can. I am looking forward taking our camper van down the beach and go for a long, long walk with our dog Harriet in the sunshine."
Her illness started as a simple cough and Jayne, despite being health professional, believed it was a simple cold.
But she collapsed with pneumonmia - and was left fighting for her life when doctors diagnosed the blood infection of sepsis.
Jayne was put on a ventilator and heavily sedated for nine weeks during her ordeal - and husband Rob, 52, was told she needed a triple amputation with two teams of surgeons spending five hours to save her life.
She lost both legs, an arm and four fingers following her terrifying illness in April last year.
She said: "One minute I had a cough then the next I was on a life support machine.