My father died tragically and unexpectedly of sepsis on March 5th, 2024. It is now September 15th, yet we all feel like it was yesterday. Mom and Daddy lived in Harlingen, Texas. He struggled with Type 2 diabetes and a few other health issues and was always checking his sugar and blood pressure numbers and diligently recording them. After my father died, I moved back to Harlingen to live with my mother. My sister lives in Colorado. On February 25th, a mere 10 days before Daddy died, Mom was scheduled to perform in a pageant. Daddy was going to help ... Read Full Story

In 2017, my husband and I were visiting Bogota Colombia on a Narcos TV show inspired vacation. We made a bad choice of having steak tartar at a beautiful modern restaurant. Both of us got symptoms food poisoning. Over the next several days, I became weaker and weaker, needing to rest after an hour of walking. I still had diarrhea though my husband had recovered. We finally went to a hospital clinic where I was diagnosed with giardia and sepsis. (Sepsis and Food Poisoning) I was immediately admitted, put in a private room and the work began. They saved me ... Read Full Story

In 2019 I was bitten on my chest by a mosquito. Within an hour, that bite had taken over most of my left breast. By hour 2, I had a climbing fever and felt nauseous. 6 hours later, my husband was told I had flesh eating  disease and was in septic shock. (Sepsis and Necrotizing Fasciitis) I had emergency surgery and was fighting to live before midnight. I spent 7 days in ICU, intubated with a large open wound on my chest. Doctors and nurses were surprised I was alive, But I had 2 young kids and a husband to ... Read Full Story

(original Spanish submission below) On August 9th of last year, I went to Bonita Springs in Fort Meyers, FL with family. Everything was fine until we got to the hotel, and I started to have strong abdominal pain on my right side. I thought I could control it with some painkillers but that was not the case. I was able to calm the pain for a few hours and then it got worse. I was transported by ambulance to the hospital and after several hours of antibiotic treatment the doctors determined that I had a severe infection, and it was ... Read Full Story

Towards the beginning if this year, I came down with what was believed to be strep. My illness consisted of swollen lymph nodes, tonsils, and a sore throat. I was in bed for days. I began feeling better after I went to an urgent care in my town and started on antibiotics. Stupidly, I didn’t finish my round of antibiotics because I began to feel better. (Sepsis and Strep Throat) About a week later, I started experiencing extreme pain in my left lung. Thinking it was muscle spasms, I ignored it. After suffering from the pain for a week, I ... Read Full Story