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Sepsis: Teen Hamish Wilson 'rebuilding his life' after surgery
A teenager who lost parts of all four limbs to sepsis says he is now rebuilding his life, including using public transport alone and going to Wilson, who is 18 and from Crowborough, East Sussex, was taken ill shortly after starting at Southampton University in October 2024, eventually requiring the amputation of both legs, a hand and the fingers of his remaining says he "doesn't see the point in getting really upset about it anymore", after his latest round of says he is enjoying being on his own for the first time in six months.
He told BBC South East he had been upset when he was initially diagnosed, "because I'm human"."But now it's happened, and nothing's going to change it," he said. "I think I might as well just deal with it and get on with it as well as I can do."I've never really had a panic about being on my own. I hadn't been left on my own for six months, so, this is the best thing ever."
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The most recent surgery took place at Guy's and St Thomas' George Murphy said: "We did liposuction and got rid of some of the bad scars. "We shaved down a bone that was a bit prominent as said: "It all went pretty much as planned and we can always come back and do more if necessary."
Hamish's brother, Rory Wilson, has even had a tattoo in his said: "I'm daily impressed."His life has changed in an unimaginable way and he's been told by different doctors, different people that he shouldn't be doing that, you can't be doing that, and he's just like, 'yeah, well you know'.Rory said: "He's kind of got that spirit of being a young adult and 'I'm invincible again' and it's just nice to see."
