coronavirus vaccine – and ended up fighting for her life. Kirsty Hext, 26, had a severe allergy to an unknown ingredient of the Pfizer jab and subsequently suffered 14 anaphylactic shocks.
The mum of one and senior care assistant, from Havant in Hampshire, got her second dose on April 28. Her tongue and throat then started swelling up and she was taken to A&E.
After stabilising her, doctors at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, revealed she'd had an anaphylactic shock – an intense immune response – which had been triggered by her Covid-19 vaccine.Kirsty, who lives with daughter Harper-Rose, two, and partner Sean Sims, 29, had a further four anaphylactic shocks that day.