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After the summer weekend, Inga Sjögestam, 65, of Falkenberg was not feeling completely healthy.
She had suffered extreme fatigue that she didn’t want to give in.
– I had no pain anywhere. One day I lay down on the couch and then I can’t remember anymore, says Inga Sjögestam, who also participated in Hallands Nyheter.
The next day, June 28, his supervisor Linda Andersson became concerned.
No one would have heard from her during the day, and Linda made several calls with no response. On the way home from work, Linda decided to drive to Inga to check on the situation. She sensed something was wrong.
Linda climbed through the window
– Through the window I saw her lying on the sofa. It seemed like she was unconscious. I opened a window and walked in, says Linda Andersson.
Very true, it was not possible to contact Inga and they took her to the hospital. It turned out that she suffered from acute bacterial meningitis.
In hindsight, Linda Andersson has been told that she saved her colleague’s life. Probably no one would have survived if he had been allowed to stay on the couch for another hour.
– I ended up in the intensive care unit in Varberg and right on a respirator with a tube to my stomach and everything. I fell asleep for five days before they moved me to a ward, says Inga Sjögestam.
The memory gaps are large from the period of the illness, but Inga has received a diary from the hospital that she reads afterwards.
“I don’t know how to thank”
She feels great gratitude for the care and, most of all, for Linda.
– We’ve been through some before, but we’ve never been that close to each other. Now I feel so confident in her and we are also close friends. I really don’t know how to thank you. I try, but it’s hard to be grateful for something so great. I’ve given her flowers and chocolate, says Inga.
Although he has been discharged for more than three weeks, the recovery is long and demanding.
– I still need to take penicillin and I am still not fully recovered. I have also retired after 50 years of working life. It was a bit of a quick and abrupt ending, but it still feels pretty good to be withdrawn and take it easy, says Inga Sjögestam.
