My mum, 52, has been recovering from a serious brain stroke and had been showing amazing improvement. She also has a tracheotomy tube. She was stable enough that doctors were planning to shift her to rehabilitation, and we genuinely thought things were finally getting better.
On October 14, she was shifted to a different country hospital by air ambulance. Everything seemed to be going well until yesterday, when her BP suddenly dropped to around 70 systolic, she started breathing rapidly, and she had to be shifted to the ICU.
The doctors have now told us that she has a severe lung infection, possibly related to her tracheostomy, which has spread throughout her body. Her BP is currently being maintained with strong support, and she is receiving oxygen at 6 litres. Her WBC count and fever have been rising, and the doctors seem very concerned. Her CT scan reportedly showed no new clots, and her heart’s ejection fraction is 55%.
I’m absolutely terrified. We were so close to rehabilitation, and everything changed so suddenly. I just want to know if people have seen their loved ones recover from severe sepsis, even when their BP keeps dropping and they need maximum blood-pressure support.
I’ve been going through so much emotionally for such a long time, and I genuinely feel weak and exhausted. I don’t know how to keep being strong, but I cannot bear the thought of losing my mum.
Please share your recovery stories if you’ve been through something similar. I desperately need some hope right now.

Hello everyone, I am so upset I don’t even know what to think or say. Please bear with me and let me know what you think. My husband passed away on 7/30/26 and I just got the final cause of passing. Which wasn’t easy to read or speak to the coroner about. On my other post, I mentioned how he had been battling pneumonia symptoms, since June. I visited him in England (long story) from July 2nd to July 28th. He went to urgent care on July 19th and was given amoxicillin for 7 days. Fast forward to July 25th, he was having difficulty urinating. The next day he was able to go a little bit. Then the next day it was okay. On July 29th by late afternoon UK time, he started acting not himself. I honestly thought he was drinking or something. I told him to get some rest, as he’s been exhausted from accompanying me to the airport. I called him the next day and no answer the entire day. I found out on 7/31, that he had passed away. I don’t know how being septic feels.

The cause was listed as “Aspiration Pneumonia, “the pulmonary parenchyma was congested and oedematous.” Also, listed under internal findings, was “small arteries within the heart muscle, include neutrophils indicating systemic sepsis”. So, why wouldn’t they list septic shock as one of the causes? This is so confusing.

I had pneumonia 3 weeks ago after being sick for the 3 weeks prior. I ended up going to the ER and being admitted for pneumonia and sepsis. My WBC in the hospital was 25,000 but trended down to 10,500 before leaving. I’ve now been out of the hospital 2 weeks and had my blood drawn Monday my results came back today and my WBC is now 12,600, neutrophils are 9.6 and my immature grams are 0. My doctor said this means I have a new infection, but did not say anything else about if she felt this was an issue or not. I am terrified. I messaged her and asked what we are going to do as I’m scared of this going south fast again and then ending up back in the hospital. I just started back at work on Monday and I work at a preschool. I wear an KN95 mask, wash my hands and use hand sanitizer all day long. But also I wasn’t even in the school the previous week so there’s no way it’s from being back at work anyways. I have read that sometimes in recovery from sepsis and pneumonia that WBC can fluctuate. Does anyone have any information or personal stories about this?