Amani, 37, has survived sepsis six times (Picture: Cover Media)

‘I woke up one morning with what felt like a really badly sprained back,’remembers Amani, recalling her first encounter with sepsis in 2020.

‘I thought I’d somehow pulled a muscle, but I also felt quite delirious and unusually unwell.’

The 37-year-old, from Bristol, has since survived the life-threatening condition six times, each caused by a urinary tract infection (UTI).

She didn’t immediately sound the alarm on that first February morning, having suffered from chronic illness since a water sports accident that impacted her bladder in 2011.

She took her temperature and noted it was 40°C, but, not wanting to cause a fuss, she resisted calling NHS 111 for a further two days.

The call operator immidiately sent an ambulanc

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