- Mark Camamile, 33, rushed to hospital when his lips began to turn blue
- His ears and nose turned black and he passed out and was put into a coma
- He had blood poisoning and doctors had to amputated both his feet
- Also removed his right hand so he is fundraising £27,000 for a bionic one
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A father who believed he had man flu had both his feet and right hand amputated after deadly blood poisoning spread through his body.
Mark Camamile, 33, came home from his work early after feeling sick – and believed he just had man flu.
But when his mouth suddenly started turning blue and he struggled to breathe, he and his wife Wendy rushed to hospital.
On the way, his ears and nose began to turn black and he passed out upon arriving at at Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham.
The father-of-two was put into a medically-induced coma after he was diagnosed with pneumonia – which developed into a rare form of blood poisoning, known medically as septicaemia.
Mechanic Mark Camamile, 33, came home from work early after feeling sick. But when his mouth suddenly started turning blue and he struggled to breathe, he and his wife Wendy rushed to hospital
He has now had both his feet and right hand amputated after going into hospital with suspected man flu
While unconscious he was transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Birmingham, where he had both feet amputated as the flesh had died.
When he woke up four weeks later covered in bandages he was dealt a further blow when a surgeon told him he would have to amputate his right hand immediately to save his life.
Mr Camamile has worked as a mechanic for eight years and so was concerned this would harm his livelihood.
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But finally, being admitted to hospital on October 1 last year he has now returned home to Nottingham, where he lives with Wendy and their children Kealen, 15, and Chloe, seven.
He said: ‘As daft as it sounds, I wasn’t too bothered about my feet because I still had my hands at the time.
‘I was still out of it and I didn’t take it in properly.
‘It really hit home when the surgeon said they had to amputate my right hand because I knew I wouldn’t be able to go back to work.
He continued: ‘I’m hoping to go back to work. That’s my goal. I was always working – I just want to provide for my family.
‘It’s catch 22 because I need to go back to work to earn money but I can’t without my hand, but I need money to get a new and working hand.’
Mr Camamile was discharged from hospital in February, but still has to visit three times a week for physiotherapy and check-ups. He is pictured with wife Wendy and children Kealen, 15, and Chloe, seven
Mr Camamile was discharged from hospital in February, but still has to return three times a week for physiotherapy and check-ups.
His wife said: ‘We have gone from being a normal family, married with children, to having our lives completely changed overnight.
‘I didn’t think he was going to make it through the night. I just dropped to the floor because it was so devastating.
‘We’d been together since we were teenagers so it was all I’d ever known.
‘I didn’t know what to tell the children but I let Kealen go and see his dad because it might’ve been the end.’
A family friend has set up a fundraising page to raise £27,000 so Mr Camamile can be fitted with a bionic hand
Now, Mr Camamile hopes to return to work. He said: ‘I’m hoping to go back to work. That’s my goal. I was always working – I just want to provide for my family’
He has two prosthetic legs, but his artificial arm is purely cosmetic and his colleagues are appealing to raise £27,000 to get him a bionic hand.
A family friend, Richard Johns set up a fundraising page and it has already raised almost £4,000.
Mr Johns said: ‘Mark was very independent beforehand as he did a lot of mechanical work.
‘He is such a nice guy and he’s remaining positive but he has been down.
‘I can’t imagine what he’s gone through. If he gets the hand it will change his life quite dramatically.’
Another friend said: ‘Mark is a great bloke and what has happened is just so awful but he’s determined not to let it effect his life.
‘He thought he had man flu but ended up almost dying. He’s got a wonderful family and good friends around him who will support him all the way.’
For more information, visitcrowdfunding.justgiving.com/markcamamile
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