article_snippet: Tony has been in hospital for more than a month, but how or why Tony got ill
article_snippet: One minute I was wondering whether Tony just had man flu; the next Tony was delirious with fever and dreadful abdominal pains, and being rushed to hospital in an ambulance.
article_snippet: Just 48 hours later, Tony was in a drug-induced coma with sepsis, a life-threatening condition triggered by an infection, Tony organs shutting down one by one.
article_snippet: When Tony was admitted, Tony symptoms suggested pancreatitis - where the pancreas becomes inflamed.
article_snippet: I want to know if the doctors are any the wiser about what caused Tony body to go into free fall.
article_snippet: Sarah accompanied Tony as Tony was rushed to hospital in an ambulance, and shortly after was in a drug-induced coma with sepsis .
article_snippet: This man became our rock when Tony's illness - whatever caused the sepsis in the first place was never identified - sparked off a chain reaction that had doctors chasing problems around This man body for a year after This man was admitted in March 2006.
article_snippet: One Sunday night, eight months into this medical odyssey, Tony was nauseous, with Tony temperature rising and Tony remaining strength draining fast.
article_snippet: Tony wanted to admit Tony immediately for intravenous antibiotics.
article_snippet: this doctor agreed, but then warned me: 'Tony may deteriorate very quickly.