It has been six months since Craig Mackinlay’s four limbs were amputated on December 1, two arms below the elbow, two legs below the knee, the catastrophic result of fast-moving sepsis which set in on September 27, caused by his body’s reaction to an unusual pneumococcal infection. He had no outward red flag symptoms of sepsis, no signs of pneumonia. No early vomiting. No change in temperature. No change in heart rate. He just didn’t feel well. And then started to change colour.

ICU doctors at Medway Hospital in Kent, who saved his life, said it was one of – if not the – fastest developing case of sepsis they had ever seen, an infection which normally develops over seven to 10 days. For Craig, it took 12 hours.

Watch The Telegraph’s interview with Craig’s wife, Kati, who spoke in detail about how their ordeal unfolded.

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