My niece had always been healthy, had never gotten a flu shot, was a mom to young kids—and got the flu. This was a year or two before covid. Ended up with sepsis and spent a month in the ICU, months doing hyperbaric chamber episodes to try to save her limbs and ended up only losing her toes, part of a foot, and her fingers past the middle joints. But she’s alive and gets to raise her kids. She’s a crusader now for people getting their flu shots.
My niece had always been healthy, had never gotten a flu shot, was a mom to young kids—and got the flu. This was a year or two before covid. Ended up with sepsis and spent a month in the ICU, months doing hyperbaric chamber episodes to try to save her limbs and ended up only losing her toes, part of a foot, and her fingers past the middle joints. But she’s alive and gets to raise her kids. She’s a crusader now for people getting their flu shots.