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A mother-of-two who fell desperately ill on Christmas Eve had to have her lower legs and fingers amputated after being hit by pneumonia. Tracy Ralph, of Hawkwell, Essex, is a keen runner who was training for a half marathon when she reported feeling short of breath of December 24. She was found to be suffering from pneumonia and her condition rapidly deteriorated over the following days. After being put into a medically-induced coma on Christmas Day, she has since battled multiple organ failure, meningitis, septicaemia, blood clots and bleeding on the brain.