Jacob Pacheco, a coach and teacher, who met Krystina because they both work in the special education field, said he relied on family and friends for support as he stayed by his wife's bedside while also needing to care for their newborn daughter and young son. 'They didn't want to tell us how close she was but you could see it in their faces every time I asked,' Jacob Pacheco said, adding that doctors at the time gave his wife a 20% survival rate. Jacob Pacheco said his wife was simultaneously put on dialysis to help her kidneys and on an ECMO machine, a lifesaving device that removes carbon dioxide from the blood and sends back blood with oxygen to the body, allowing the heart and lungs time to rest and heal. In Pacheco's case, the condition began to affect her heart, lungs and kidneys, according to her husband, Jacob Pacheco. Risk factors include recent infection or surgical procedure.Īccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sepsis is the second leading cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States, behind only cardiovascular conditions. In septic shock, the body has dangerously low blood pressure.

According to the National Institutes of Health, 'without quick treatment, it can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and even death.' Septic shock is the most dangerous stage of sepsis, which occurs when your body has an extreme response to infection. I need you to be here and help me with our babies,' and that's the last thing I remember.' 'My husband, I could just hear him saying, 'Please come back to us, please, your babies need you. 'I just remember I couldn’t breathe anymore and I couldn’t see anymore and I just started slowly fading out,' Pacheco told ABC News.

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