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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Eleanor Fleming

Grandmother told she would lose use of legs due to E.coli infection ‘eating her spine’

A grandmother who was told she would lose the use of both of her legs after she developed an E.coli infection which was “eating her spine” and subsequently turned into sepsis has made a miraculous recovery and is now planning to travel to Australia to see her son.

On the morning of June 27 2020, Maureen Clement, 73, from Farnborough, in Hampshire, was excited to have some champagne for breakfast with her husband, David, 73, to celebrate 50 years of marriage together – their Golden Wedding Anniversary.

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