Krystina Pacheco, 32, of Pleasanton, lost her hands and feet after going into septic shock after childbirth in 2022. Since then, she’s been on a mission to help people, recently earning a national award for her work.

It’s been an emotional and physical journey for a Pleasanton mother who lost her hands and feet after she got an infection just days after giving birth last year. Krystina Pacheco has gone through months of intense rehabilitation and physical therapy after she went into septic shock last October.

The Pleasanton mother and wife is undergoing the next phase of her recovery after her hands and feet were amputated in late October, shortly after giving birth.

The Pleasanton community is hosting a barbecue plate sale for a local woman who had to have her hands and feet amputated after developing a life-threatening infection just days after delivering her second child.

Pleasanton ISD school psychologist first started feeling ill days after delivering baby via c-section