Mum thought she had stomach bug - then her limbs turned black and she had to loose leg and fingers will fall off

A mum who thought she had a stomach bug turned out to have a life-threatening condition which cost her a leg and will cause her fingers to fall off. Lisa Jones was in septic shock and entered a coma from which doctors said she only had a five per cent chance of emerging from.

Four months on Lisa, 44, is recovering at home following amputation of her right leg and may still lose her left. She credited her survival to her "hero" 10-year-old daughter Carly-Ann, adding: "I used to be the mum and throughout all this she's turned into my mum. She is just amazing and she's got me through it all."

Lisa – whose dad James is fundraising for specialist equipment to support her – was leading a busy lifestyle before her illness, running a cleaning business and caring for her daughter. One night in June she woke at 3.10am and vomited. "I thought it was a tummy bug but as the days went by I was feeling more and more ill," she said. "I started to dehydrate because if I put anything to my mouth I would heave and be sick.

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"After three or four days my sister Tanya said: 'I've had enough – we're ringing an ambulance.' When the ambulance came the paramedics put me in a chair and I saw they had a screen with the words 'suspected sepsis'. On the way to hospital they put blue lights on and the last thing I remember is the paramedic saying: 'Don't worry Lisa, we're going to get you straight in.'"

Lisa's family, from Wrexham, later told her she started screaming about excruciating pain in her feet but she does not remember this. With the sepsis shutting down her organs Lisa