Home-care nurses told her not to worry about her bedsore. She was hospitalized the next day – CBC

‘I can’t be satisfied with basic care. We need more,’ says Sylvie Hudon

Feb 13, 2025

Two years ago, on a late November morning, Sylvie Hudon woke up shaking like a leaf.

The 66-year-old, who is paralyzed from the waist down, was trembling from what she says were the early signs of sepsis.

She hadn’t seen it coming.

Just the day before, nurses visiting her Quebec City home had told her she had “no need to worry” about a bedsore located at the very bottom of her back — even after she flagged a bad smell.

She would later find out her wound contained four different types of bacteria, while one had entered her bloodstream. The hole on her back ended up being the size of an orange — stretching all the way down to the bone.

“It was something major,” said Hudon, who called an ambulance for herself. “[They] brought me up to the operating block right away.”

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/home-care-quebec-bedsores-hospital-visits-1.7457009