Liverpool City Councillor Nick Small remains in hospital weeks after he was rushed in for emergency surgery facing potential organ failure.
Cllr Small, who represents the Central city ward for Labour, was taken to the Royal Liverpool Hospital early in January having been unwell over the Christmas period. At hospital he was diagnosed with type one diabetes and was sent for emergency surgery to drain an abscess that had developed on his neck.
He was also found to have developed some necrotising fasciitis, which is a very dangerous flesh-eating bug that can spread quickly and can lead to organ failure and death.
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The city centre councillor has been recovering ever since that surgery but has still not been allowed to leave the hospital several weeks later. He posted an update on facebook about his current situation.
Cllr Small said: "I'm doing well, but still in hospital a bit longer. The infection is responding well to treatment but I need to get some more dead tissue removed so it can heal completely.
"The Head and Neck Team will probably do this and I may be transferred to Aintree Hospital for this procedure. The procedure should take place in the next few days I'll also need to see the plastic surgery team before I can come home, but they want to see the infection completely gone before they see me."
He added: "My blood glucose levels went into the normal range for the first time last night and I'm now managing my insulin completely on my own. I'm eating healthy, diabetes-friendly meals three times a day and have lost nearly a stone and a half in three weeks.
"The consultant has said all being well that I could be home sometime next week. I'm getting well looked after. Thanks to our amazing NHS."
Cllr Small later told the ECHO that he has since been told he may not require further surgery and hopes to be allowed to go home in the coming days.
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