A young amateur footballer was told his \u201cperfect\u201d mum had just hours to live after developing sepsis.<\/p>\n
Tracey Easton died in hospital after falling ill with the condition just days before.<\/p>\n
Tracey Easton died of sepsis at the age of 52<\/p>\n
The former retail worker had been suffering from blood clots in her lungs, Crohn\u2019s disease and osteoarthritis, which meant she was often bedbound.<\/p>\n
So when the 52-year-old, was unable to get out of bed over the weekend of May 2 and May 3, her family did not know her life was in danger.<\/p>\n
However, the mum of five\u2019s condition declined, and she was taken to Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, on the morning of May 4.<\/p>\n
Son Dawson McFarland told KentOnline that within a couple of hours, doctors told the family the Sheerness resident had just a matter of hours to live.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old former Sittingbourne School pupil said: \u201cIt\u2019s all sort of a blur for me that day.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019d gone in the morning, and we\u2019d got a phone call a couple of hours after saying she\u2019s not making it through the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe doctors said if you want to come down to the hospital to see I would suggest doing so, as she has eight hours to live.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sepsis had blown a hole through a part of her body.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt got that bad that there was only a 1% chance of her surviving the surgery. There was no point in the doctors doing it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t even know what was going through my head myself. I wasn\u2019t ready for it. It all just hit me out of nowhere.<\/p>\n
Dawson McFarland is raising money for The UK Sepsis Trust after his mum, Tracey Easton, died of the condition<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d made peace with the fact that she\u2019s probably not going to live for another 10 years because she was ill. But I wasn\u2019t expecting her to go so soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sepsis is a serious reaction to an infection that develops very quickly over a few hours and is life-threatening if not treated at hospital urgently.<\/p>\n
Common symptoms in adults include confusion or slurred speech, uncontrollable shivering, muscle pain, difficulty breathing, temperature changes, and not urinating for over 18 hours.<\/p>\n
Tracey, who was married to Darren McFarland, left behind daughters Kimberly McFarland, 14, and Nasmin Easton, 36, and sons Dillan Easton, 25, and Danual Easton, 31.<\/p>\n
Paying tribute to her, Dawson described her as the \u201cperfect mum\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tracey Easton with her husband Darren McFarland<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019d always put her family first,\u201d he said. \u201cShe made sure we all had anything we wanted, so she was a selfless person.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy mum put us before herself, which was to her detriment at times.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe would never scold me and would never try to punish me. Instead, she\u2019d always try to teach me what not to do rather than punish me for doing it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t ask for a better mum.\u201d<\/p>\n
The football-mad Liverpool fan is now fundraising in memory of Tracey with help from his Bourne Knights FC teammates.<\/p>\n
Dawson McFarland is raising money for The UK Sepsis Trust after his mum, Tracey Easton, died<\/p>\n
The Sheppey Sunday League team, who play home fixtures at King George V Playing Field in Sittingbourne, are hosting a charity BBQ, football match and family fun day in her honour.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s taking place at noon on Saturday, October 10, at Sittingbourne Recreational Ground \u2013 better known as Albany park. While it is a free event, all proceeds will go to The UK Sepsis Trust.<\/p>\n
The charity raises awareness about sepsis, which leads to 48,000 people\u2019s deaths in the UK each year.<\/p>\n