A farm worker in died of a strange illness in Northumberland,
just a few weeks after he was bitten by a horsefly while working.
According to Daily Mail, Andrew Kane was not bothered when
he got bitten by a horsefly as the red mark it left on him had only caused some
slight itchiness.
Kane was attacked by the insect on a farm in
Shrewsbury, Shropshire and it was his mother who persuaded him to head to the
doctors to get it seen.
“He wasn't concerned,” the mother narrated.
“You think it’s gone red and it's itchy and you think it's
getting better. But the hole in his arm never seemed to heal.”
Antibiotics prescribed by doctors seemed to be helping him
until the 31 year-old collapsed during a night out with friends.
He was rushed to Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care
Hospital in Cramlington, Northumberland where is reported to have developed
Sepsis.
He battled sepsis for five weeks, during which he
was transferred to Newcastle's Freeman hospital where he was placed in an
induced coma, before showing signs of recovery.
“They had all sorts of hope for him but it came back and
started spreading really quickly and his organs started shutting down. I stayed
with him all the time in hospital. I found it very hard to just go away,” the
mother said.
“He kept asking if I had told his friends he was in
hospital. He said if I didn't tell them they wouldn't know to come to his
funeral. He was making me bring chocolates in for the nurses that were
bathing him. I think he knew [he was dying]. He wanted to thank them.”
Sepsis is a life-threatening medical condition that occurs
when the body’s response to an infection causes widespread inflammation,
leading to tissue damage, organ failure, or even death. It is sometimes
referred to as blood poisoning,
but it can affect the entire body — not just the bloodstream.
He later died after he spent weeks in a coma, showing
excruciating signs of recovery at various stages, before passing away on
September 18.
He is survived by a daughter.
Kane’s mother was with him for the weeks he was in hospital.
She eulogized him as a strong and that she never imagine a fly would cause his
death.
The mother added that she is broken by Kane’s demise.
“He was a big strong lad. I could never have imagined that a
fly bite could come to this. It's been horrendous. He just started to go
downhill very quickly. I was with him right to the end.
“I feel really broken. I keep going through things in my
mind. I don't feel like it's real. I don't think it's hit me. I just feel
really lost,” Rachel said ahead of his burial.
Kane was raised by a farming family in Widdrington but his
job took him all over the country.
He followed in his family's footsteps, working mainly on
dairy farms, but also tried out painting and decorating.
