Nail biter? We’re sure that will change when you hear what happened to this grandpa. Ricky Kennedy, 57, was left struggling to survive after his nail-biting led him to develop sepsis.
He’d always had the habit, but this time, it led to a potentially deadly outcome. When he received his diagnosis, doctors gave Ricky only 50-50 odds of surviving Luckily, he recovered after a few months of hospitalisation.
Sepsis can develop when our bodies respond to bacteria by turning on its own cells and organs.Ricky’s first warning sign was a blister which appeared on his finger. Read the full story here ▶
