Sepsis is a dangerous complication that could happen to someone with an infection. The condition claims the lives of five people every hour in the UK.
Scots mum who lost hands and lower legs to sepsis will ride North Coast 500 on motorbike to raise funds for charity
19.08.2022 - 06:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman who was the first person in Scotland to have a double hand transplant is preparing to travel along the North Coast 500 on a second-hand motorcycle in a fundraising challenge. Quadruple amputee Cor Hutton is embarking on the adventure to raise money for the amputees supported by the charity she founded, Finding Your Feet.
The 52-year-old, from Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, had her hands and lower legs amputated in 2013 after suffering acute pneumonia and sepsis, which nearly killed her. She was given a five per cent chance of survival, before doctors managed to perform life-saving surgery.
The mum-of-one was fitted with prosthetic legs and, after five years of trying to find the right donor to match her own blood group, skin tone and hand size, she successfully underwent pioneering hand transplant surgery in 2019. Now, with her new hands functioning near enough to 100 per cent, she has decided to hop on a motorcycle again to take on the 500-mile route.
"I am an old-school biker," she told PA news agency, "and this will be a way for me to get back into it."
When asked what egged her on to take on this challenge, she said: "I have a bee in my bonnet about getting on and doing the things that I wanted to do previously and haven't been able to do. I was a biker, and I want to get back on the bike. I want to show that I can get my life back.
"I'm also inspired by the donor and her selfless family. I promised myself and them that I would live life to the full because to be given these hands is such an incredible gift, and the pain that the family goes through is never far from my thoughts."
Ms Hutton will be riding an AJS 125cc, while her friend, Mark McLean, will be following her trail "on a much bigger, better bike".
"I've
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