A British lawmaker has returned to work six months after sepsis forced the amputation of his hands and feetA UK lawmaker is back at work after losing his hands and feet to sepsisLONDON -- Britain's fractious politicians shared a rare moment of unity Wednesday, when a Conservative lawmaker returned to work six months after sepsis put him in a coma and forced the amputation of his hands and feet. “As you know, we don’t allow clapping," Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said as Mackinlay's wife and 4-year-old daughter watching from the public gallery. Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection that occurs when the immune system overreacts and starts to damage the body’s tissues and organs. When he awoke after 16 days, he said his limbs had turned black and were hard “like plastic.” His hands and feet became “desiccated, clenched and drying,” he told the Daily Telegraph. On Dec. 1, his hands and feet were amputated.

Source: ABC News May 23, 2024 01:05 UTC