{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Becoming Lucy","title":"I Lost All Four Limbs After a UTI Turned to Sepsis… | Quadruple Amputee & Hand Transplant","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5281,"description":"A simple UTI nearly cost Kim Smith her life.\n\nWithin days, her body had gone into septic shock. Doctors told her family she had just ‘hours to live. She survived—but sepsis had caused such devastating damage that all four of her limbs had to be amputated.\n\nMost people know sepsis can be life-threatening. Few realise it can begin with something as common as a urinary tract infection.\n\nIn this unforgettable episode of Becoming Lucy, Kim shares her extraordinary journey from surviving sepsis and becoming a quadruple amputee, to receiving a groundbreaking hand transplant and learning to rebuild her life one step at a time.\n\nTogether, we explore the devastating reality of sepsis, delayed diagnosis, limb loss, organ donation, disability, mental health, recovery, resilience, and how one decision to become an organ donor changed Kim’s life forever.\n\nBut this isn’t just a story about survival.\n\nIt’s a story about identity, hope, purpose, and refusing to let unimaginable loss define your future.\n\nKim speaks openly about living with prosthetic limbs, undergoing a pioneering hand transplant, coping with rejection after surgery, rebuilding her confidence, and using her experience to raise awareness of sepsis and organ donation in the hope of saving lives.\n\nWhether you’ve been affected by sepsis, know someone living with limb loss, are considering becoming an organ donor, or simply need reminding of the incredible strength people are capable of, this conversation is both deeply moving and incredibly inspiring.\n\nIn this episode we discuss:\n\n• How a simple UTI developed into life-threatening sepsis\n• Septic shock and the devastating consequences of delayed treatment\n• Losing all four limbs and becoming a quadruple amputee\n• Living with prosthetic limbs and adapting to everyday life\n• Receiving a pioneering hand transplant and the challenges that followed\n• Organ donation and the life-changing impact of saying yes\n• Mental health, grief, acceptance and rebuilding identity after...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/GuSfZ5U_EMZfpa4Gn3hDD4e3-WqB3IQdq7dcFX40AuE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNDBm/ZTMyYTkzYTQ1ZWQ2/YTczN2ZkNWFmZDNi/ZDJkMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}