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Blessing was only 6 months when she started being sick. She was irritated and crying nonstop. We went to a general practitioner and she said she was teething. We went home later that night.

When I was changing her diaper, I noticed her right leg was swollen I thought it’s nothing serious. I thought it was swollen because of the measles vaccine she got. The following day I noticed she was getting worse so we decided to take her to the local clinic where they sent us to the local hospital. When we got the hospital, while waiting to the ER, she started sleeping. After few minutes, started checking on her and she wasn’t responding. Called the doctor and they started waking her up, trying to save her. After about an hour they admitted her to intensive care. After few minutes the doctor came and told us they couldn’t save her and she was diagnosed with sepsis and leg cellulitis she passed away from septic shock. (Sepsis and Children, Sepsis and Cellulitis, Sepsis and Septic Shock)

Source: Mother