A 31-year-old rural worker died from an infection after being bitten by an insect while working on a farm in Shrewsbury, County Shropshire, England. At first, he ignored the red mark on his arm and the antibiotics prescribed by doctors dulled the itch.
Other Kanewho is the father of a daughter, was raised by a farming family in Widdringtona town in Northumberlandbut his work took him all over the country. Although he followed in his family’s footsteps by working on dairy farms, he also devoted himself to painting and decorating.
According to the British media Chronicle Livehis mother Rachel52, was living with him in his Morpeth home when he was stung on the elbow by a tábanoan insect similar to a fly but larger in size. It was she who convinced him to go to the doctor to treat the bite.
«He didn’t care. You think it just got red and itchy, and you think it’s getting better. But the hole in his arm never seemed to heal,» Rachel said.
Andrew Kane died from an infection. Photo: Facebook/Rachel Kane.While antibiotics seemed to have solved the problem, two weeks after being stung while having drinks with a friend, Andrew collapsed and had to be rushed to the emergency room. al hospital Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care, de Cramlington.
There he had septic shock, a medical emergency that occurs when the body has an extreme response to an infection, which can be life-threatening. He remained hospitalized for five weeks until he was transferred. to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, where they induced him into a comabefore showing signs of recovery.
A mother’s pain: Andrew’s struggle after a fatal sting
According to his mother, after being sedated, Andrew showed signs of recovery. Rachel felt «hopeful that she was getting better,» but the infection «came back with a vengeance» and began to spread «very quickly» until her organs «started to shut down.»
«He was a big, strong boy. I would never have imagined that a fly bite could come to this.. It was horrible. It started to get worse very quickly. I was with him until the end,» said his mother.
Rachel detailed that she was «very close» to Andrewwho was «very protective.» «We would go out at night and go on vacation together. Some people would think I was his partner, not his mother,» she said.
His mother Rachel, 52, was living with him when he was bitten on the elbow by a horsefly. Photo: Facebook/Andrew Kane.He said that during the time he was hospitalized, Andrew asked him to make sure his friends knew he was in the hospital so they could attend his funeral.
«He made a lot of friends. He made friends I didn’t even know. They’re just coming up to me saying how good of a laugh he had,» she said. Rachel described Andrew as «such a great» person who was «so funny» and «so loving.» «He was a family man»he added.
«I feel really broken. I keep going over things in my mind. I don’t feel like it’s real. I don’t think he hit me. «I feel really lost,» Rachel lamented.
