Made In Chelsea's Sam Vanderpump has opened up about his harrowing experience with sepsis, with him admitting that he 'thought he was going to die'.The 27 year old reality star experienced a rapid health decline due to liver and kidney failure.
Sam, who is related to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills icon Lisa Vanderpump, expressed his gratitude for being alive, crediting his girlfriend's swift action in calling an ambulance and getting him to a hospital.
Recounting the scary ordeal that took place in London in December, Sam initially thought he was just battling the flu. But when his condition worsened, his girlfriend Alice Yaxley knew something was seriously wrong as Sam became 'delirious' after days of dehydration and intense back pain.
Doctors later informed him that if he had arrived at the hospital a day later, it might have been too late. As he struggled with the infection, he developed sepsis, causing immense worry for his mother Simone and his model girlfriend Alice.
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