A primary school teacher lost both her legs after developing flu-like symptoms and seeing her condition deteriorate overnight.
Julianna Bransden, 44, spent Christmas with her family and enjoyed the festive period, despite feeling under the weather.
But the family's happiness was interrupted when they received the news that Julianna's aunt, who lived in Northern Ireland, was taken ill on Christmas Eve and unexpectedly died of sepsis a few days later.
