Yahoo! Lifestyle UK - Steffanie Wise, dubbed the world's unluckiest woman, is preparing to get married
Steffanie Wise, 35, lost her leg, went blind
and had a double organ transplant after tripping on a STEP
A mother dubbed the world’s unluckiest woman after losing her leg, going
blind and having a double organ transplant has seen her fortunes change after
meeting the love of her life. Steffanie Wise, 35, says the horrific chain of
events that earned her the unfortunate title all started after she tripped on a
STEP at work.
The 35-year-old initially only suffered minor pain after the incident,
but when it persisted she saw a doctor - who told her she'd broken her ankle
and needed to see a specialist. She was given a course of antibiotics after her
ankle became infected and later developed septicaemia, forcing her have her leg
amputated below the knee.
Just a week later, the septicaemia spread and caused bar manager
Steffanie to go blind. While in hospital, she suffered ulcerations on her stump
- which led to kidney failure and saw her catch a superbug. And then six months
later she was seriously injured in a horrific car accident, with ongoing
medical problems forcing her to undergo a double organ transplant on her kidney
and pancreas. But it was during her latest hospital stay that Steffanie met her
fiance, Scott Poolton, 37, and the couple are now set to wed.
She said: ''I think I have had quite a lot of good luck really, not bad
luck. Considering everything I have come through and survived, I feel lucky. ''I
don't see it as bad luck at all. I could have died at any one point but I
didn't.''
Steffanie Wise's ordeal started after she tripped at work
Steffanie tripped on the step while at work at a brewery in the summer
of 2002, while she was eight months pregnant with son Luke, now 10.
Steffanie Wise's ordeal started after she tripped at work
Revealing how she met her soon-to-be husband, she continued: ''I wasn’t
looking for a relationship, I was still in hospital. I proposed to him in
February, it was a leap year and we know we don’t want to be with anyone
else.''
Car valeting worker Scott added: ''I have never known anyone like her,
everything she has gone through and raising a kid on her own for ten years is
unbelievable. ''I can't wait for the wedding, it will be the happiest day of our
lives.''
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