A mother lost both her FEET after a life-threatening labour ordeal which left her bleeding heavily and infected with sepsis. 

Callie Colwick, 30, suffered from a rare condition called placenta accreta while pregnant with her son Quinn.

The serious complication occurs when the placenta detaches from the uterine wall after delivery and causes severe blood loss.

She tragically lost her newborn son and contracted sepsis which left her fighting for her life as her organs failed.

Doctors had no choice but to amputate both of Callie’s legs, her left thumb and forefinger and remove her uterus as the tissue had ‘died’ due to the loss of blood.

The graphic designer, from McKinney, Texas, said: “My limbs started to die."

Callie spent more than a year in the ICU and finally in March 2018 she was able to return home.

She had been refused prosthetics by her health insurance and struggled to adjust to life as an amputee in a bulky wheelchair that she could not push herself in.

The mother of Kenzi, four, couldn’t push herself around in a standard wheelchair and was forced to wear diapers as she wasn’t able to go to the bathroom alone.

Callie was astounded to receive an Instagram message on December 31, 2019, from a kindhearted stranger offering to raise the funds to buy her the special wheelchair.

Amy Bernhard, 32, set up a GoFundMe campaign and within just one day she had raised a staggering $20,980 for Callie’s chair with the extra money going towards installing ramps in her home.

In April 2019, Callie was finally approved for prosthetics and she applied for a custom chair in October.

Despite all her health struggles, Callie says she is keen to make the most of her life.

She said: “My hope is to help and inspire others.

“I was 27 when this happened - no one expects a 27-year-old mom to die.

“I truly feel like I am living on borrowed time now.”

A mother lost both her FEET after a life-threatening labour ordeal which left her bleeding heavily and infected with sepsis. Callie Colwick, 30, suffered from a rare condition called placenta accreta while pregnant with her son Quinn. The serious complication occurs when the placenta detaches from the uterine wall after delivery and causes severe blood loss.

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