Jan underwent surgery to reverse her colostomy after a year of living with it following bowel surgery for diverticulitis. However, she woke up in severe pain and her condition worsened over two days, developing into sepsis. Although she was given antibiotics, they were ineffective. When she was finally re-operated on, a bowel leak was discovered. Despite ongoing signs of serious infection, including necrotising fasciitis, these were misidentified as normal post-surgical bruising, and the ineffective treatment continued.
