A woman who thought she was "going to die" during a routine procedure wants to thank the nurses and doctors who saved her.
Sara Ashworth, from Norris Green, went to The Walton Centre on Thursday, July 7 for migraine injections. The 39-year-old said she was receiving four of these shots and after having three of them she said she felt fine but a "little uncomfortable."
It wasn't until after the fourth injection Sara suddenly wasn't able to breathe. She was suffering from a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction.
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Speaking to the ECHO, she said: "I went in for an outpatient procedure, so I was having injections in the back of my neck to try and do what is called a nerve block. There were four injections and after the third one I felt alright, a little uncomfortable and the doctor was absolutely lovely.
"After the fourth one I just sort of had this rush right across my head, down my face and my neck and I just started not being able to breathe. I got this instant swelling in my throat.
"The thing was my voice just instantly went, I couldn't advocate or speak. So I was sort of just grabbing onto the doctor who ran to get help and then there was a young nurse who came in and she was trying to keep me calm."
Sara, who has also been a nurse for 15 years, said she thought she was "going to die" and woke up surrounded by the cardiac arrest team. She added: "I think people think you panic at first. The next thing I remember I was trying to tell them I wasn't panicking and then I next woke up on a bed. I couldn't breathe and I felt like I was going to die.
"I woke up and I had the cardiac arrest team and the pads on my chest. I just remember pulling on this young nurse because I just couldn't breathe and the next thing you do is grab don't you to anything.
"I looked down and my arms were next to me and everyone was putting things into my arms and everything. But I really did feel like I was levitating, I don't know if it was the drugs they gave me. The next thing was I just started shaking.
"I think they gave me adrenaline so they were stabbing me through my jeans because it was quicker to give me. I could hear them saying different things but it is all a blur.
"I think they gave me three shots of adrenaline but it wasn't working, so they needed to give me intravenous adrenaline when the anaesthetist came. I think that saved my life."
The 39-year-old wanted to share her story to thank the team at The Walton Centre for saving her life and described them as "wonderful". She said how she remembers the doctors and nurses telling her to hang on.
Sara said: "I just thought I was going to die in a room full of people I don't know but at the same time they were really willing me to live. It sounds so cheesy and cliché but at the same time I could see the emotion in their eyes when they were looking at me when I couldn't speak and they were saying 'stay with me' and 'we've got you'.
"There was one particular airway doctor and he literally kept saying to me 'I've got you, I've got you'. Every time I think about that I got really emotional because I was in an outpatient centre as well so, it's not like being in A&E and thankfully they all knew what to do otherwise I don't know what would have happened.
"It's such hard work in the NHS and I just think they really deserve to know what they do matters because when it comes down to thinking you are going to die everything is put into perspective because what they done, what they go through and what they train to do they can save peoples lives."
Due to The Walton Centre not having an A&E, Sara was sent to Aintree Hospital resuscitation ward. She said her sister tried to keep a log of who treated Sara and the 39-year-old also wrote down who she remembered treated her so she can personally say thank you.
She said: "I think they need to know meeting someone with a smile and empathy really goes a long way. The images I have got in my head, I can't imagine the images which they have in theirs but I know the emotion and fear.
"A couple of the doctors said to me 'you really had us down there for a few minutes, we didn't think we were going to get you back'. I think they are wonderful and they have just had to carry on. They probably didn't even get a cup of tea afterwards they just carry on."
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