[BBC] Tom Ray was fit and healthy and living in Rutland in the East Midlands before he contracted sepsis at the age of 38 in 1999.
He had had a successful career in corporate banking and was in the process of setting up a business with his pregnant wife, Nic, when he fell ill.
His sepsis - thought to be caused by a cut to his gum during a trip to the dentist, combined with a chest infection - came on rapidly and led to vomiting and a high temperature.
But it took five hours at the hospital he was admitted to before the condition was diagnosed.
He spent months in a coma, during which time his wife Nic gave birth to their second child, Freddy.
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