Kansas Lady Who Had Limbs Amputated After Giving Delivery Returns House

A Kansas mom who misplaced all 4 of her limbs resulting from problems after giving start in February was celebrated after lastly being launched from the hospital 4 months later.

Brie Morgan Bauer, 35, was welcomed again to her Kansas Metropolis house to a lot fanfare on Wednesday, June 26, with a number of of her household, mates and neighbors throwing a parade to rejoice her resilience.

Bauer had been 27 weeks pregnant along with her third youngster when she started feeling flu-like signs. After going to get checked out at pressing care, the physician decided that Bauer was in labor and an emergency C-section was wanted to be able to save the child, “who was in misery with each contraction,” in response to a GoFundMe web page for the household.

Son Beau was born on February 17, nevertheless, after dropping “loads of blood within the working room,” Bauer’s well being continued to say no and she or he started to endure from organ failure and was finally positioned in a medically induced coma. 

“They [doctors] suggested the household that she was unlikely to make it via the evening,” per the GoFundMe.

However Bauer pulled via and fewer than 24 hours later medical doctors found that she had “Streptococcal Poisonous Shock Syndrome introduced on by Strep Group A micro organism” and a situation referred to as “disseminated intravascular coagulation” — which is a uncommon situation that causes irregular blood clotting all through the physique, in response to the Nationwide Institutes of Well being. 

In consequence, Bauer needed to endure quite a few surgical procedures to save lots of her life, together with an emergency hysterectomy and a surgical procedure to put an ostomy, or a synthetic opening in an organ of the physique, as a result of “components of her colon had died.” She additionally had surgical procedure to “restore her stomach” and “take away lifeless (necrotic) tissue” brought on by the sepsis, per the GoFundMe.

The “blood strain medicines retaining her alive” then started to impression her limbs resulting from “lack of blood circulation” and it was in the end determined that amputations wanted to be made to save lots of her limbs. She was amputated beneath the elbow on each arms and her proper leg was amputated at hip-level, whereas her left leg was amputated “simply above the knee,” in response to the GoFundMe.

Bauer revealed on Instagram on Tuesday, June 25, that she lastly “graduated“ from in-patient rehab, alongside a video of the mom of three exiting the hospital in a wheelchair after studying “all kinds of methods for navigating on a regular basis actions.” A number of employees members on the College of Kansas Well being System may very well be seen cheering her on as she made her technique to the exit. 

Nevertheless, the celebrations for Bauer didn’t finish there as her household, mates and neighbors additionally acquired collectively to rejoice her homecoming by adorning her house with orange streamers and carrying shirts with the identical shade — which represents limb loss consciousness, in response to native media outlet KCTV. 

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“We pulled collectively sources and concepts to indicate her how excited we’re for her to be again,” Bauer’s neighbor Julia Walker advised KCTV. “… Individuals are getting their face painted, balloons and stuff. Simply so this could be a actually joyous, enjoyable, celebratory occasion for her.”

A number of folks additionally made banners with inspirational and inspiring phrases for the mom.

“We wrote ‘Brie conjures up us’ as a result of she actually conjures up us day-after-day,” Alex Hicks, one in all Bauer’s cousins advised KCTV. “For her to have the power that she’s needed to overcome all the odds, it’s simply superb.”