Donations pour in for Florida woman who lost baby, then her arms and legs
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kayleigh Ferguson-Walker is pictured with her husband Ramon and their now-3-year-old daughter, Aaliyah. (GoFundMe)
A GoFundMe account reached nearly $18,000 early Saturday for a Florida woman who lost her baby – and then her arms and legs because of sepsis that started during her pregnancy.
Kayleigh Ferguson-Walker, 31, recently returned to services at her Broward County, Fla., church for the first time since her terrible ordeal, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
“Today I’m just amazed to be here, to be able to talk, to see, to praise God,” she told the congregation, the newspaper reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Today I’m just amazed to be here, to be able to talk, to see, to praise God."
Ferguson-Walker’s story has helped raise awareness about sepsis – when the body’s blood-clotting function overreacts to infection -- and also the plight of America’s amputees, a group that numbers nearly 2 million people, according to the Amputee Coalition of America.
Today Ferguson-Walker is still waiting to fully heal before she can be fitted for prosthetic arms and legs. The limbs were amputated in a series of operations after she lost her baby, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
Ferguson-Walker initially thought she had the flu, but it turned out that she had a serious infection that eventually killed her unborn child and triggered sepsis, which cut off blood flow to her extremities, the newspaper reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}She told the Sun-Sentinel that she and husband Ramon have no immediate plans to sue anyone in connection with what happened.
Insurance has helped the couple and their 3-year-old child to some degree, but the family started the GoFundMe page for help in meeting other expenses.
Contributions can be made by clicking here.