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| Tracy Ralph (left) and Brad Ralph (right) |
Tracy Ralph, of Hawkwell, Essex, is a keen runner who was training for a half marathon when she reported feeling short of breath of December 24. She was found to be suffering from pneumonia and her condition rapidly deteriorated over the following days. After being put into a medically-induced coma on Christmas Day, she has since battled organ failure, meningitis, septicaemia, blood clots and bleeding on the brain.
Tragically, the 34-year-old, who has two sons aged four and 19-months, had to have her fingers and legs amputated below the knee. She came out of her coma on New Year's Eve, but is still in intensive care in St Thomas's hospital, London.
Tracy's husband Brad, 37, has been at her side throughout the ordeal, but he has kept their children, four-year-old Miller and 19-month-old Hudson, away until their mum is up to seeing them.
She came out of her coma on New Year's Eve and doctors at St Thomas Hospital are hopeful Tracy will be well enough to be transferred to Southend hospital next week, but she is still battling potentially fatal blood clot.
Her devastated family have now set up a fundraising page to pay for her
rehabilitation and the prosthetic legs and feet they fear she will
eventually need. They have so far raised nearly £25,000. Tracy, who
works for Clarins at Debenhams in Southend, had been training to run the
Southend Half Marathon later this year and had been training with the
Essex Ladies Running Club before becoming ill. A fellow member has now
taken her spot and will donate everything she raises to Tracy's cause.
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From running a half marathon to this? May God give her the strength to accept the situation, AMEN.
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| Tracy after being amputated |
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| Tracy and Brad Ralph with their two kid, four-year-old Miller and 19-month-old Hudson |
