A woman had all her limbs amputated after contracting a devastating case of sepsis from what is believed to be a dog lick.

Manjit Sangha, 56, spent 32 weeks in hospital and suffered several cardiac arrests with medics almost certain she would die.

Doctors believe that her sepsis could have been caused by something as innocuous as a lick from her dog on a small cut.

Mrs Sangha has been in hospital since July last year, but after being discharged from Moseley Hall Hospital in Birmingham on Wednesday, she admitted she is still coming to terms with her quadruple amputation.

‘It’s difficult to explain the experience. Losing your limbs and your hands in a short time period is a very big thing,’ she told the BBC.

‘It’s very serious and not to be taken lightly.’

After feeling unwell on a Sunday afternoon, she was found unconscious the morning after, with her feet cold and her lips blue and was also struggling to breathe.  

Her husband, Kam Sangha, 60, said his ‘mind was all over the place’ and was asking himself ‘how can this happen in less than 24 hours?’.

Manjit Sangha, 56, has been in hospital since July last year, but after being discharged from Moseley Hall Hospital in Birmingham on Wednesday, she admitted she is still coming to terms with her quadruple amputation.

Doctors believe that her sepsis could have been caused by something as innocuous as a lick from her dog on a small cut

During Mrs Sangha’s time in intensive care at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton, her heart stopped six times

‘One minute on a Saturday she’s playing with the dog, Sunday she’s gone to work, Monday night she’s in a coma,’ he said.

During Mrs Sangha’s time in intensive care at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton, her heart stopped six times.

Sepsis occurs when the body’s immune system reacts to an infection by attacking its own organs and tissues. 

Around 50,000 sepsis-related deaths occur in the UK each year, according to the UK Sepsis Trust.

As Mrs Sangha’s condition spread through her body, both of her legs below the knee, as well as both of her hands, had to be amputated.

She also had her spleen removed, as she also battled pneumonia and gallstones. 

Mr Sangha, a distribution worker at Screwfix, has been off work for seven months to support his wife, who he describes as ‘so strong’.

‘She proved us wrong every single day with what she’s been through,’ he added.

The couple, who celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary in the hospital, is now fundraising for advanced prosthetics as well as raising awareness of the dangers of sepsis.

They have raised more than £27,000 through a GoFundMe webpage and fundraising at Screwfix.

Mrs Sangha, a former pharmacy worker, is now determined to walk again and to return to work.

‘I’ve sat down in my chair and my bed enough. It’s time to walk now,’ she said