Four years ago, Mick O’Dowd thought he would never be able to do much again. In the aftermath of a devastating illness (sepsis) he could only hope to have the kind of freedom most people take for granted. It was 2018 and the whole family was there for a hectic, noisy, happy Christmas Day. While […]
Sepsis is treatable if caught early. It can occur as a result of any infection, so it is important to be aware of sepsis symptoms. It may not be a single symptom but a combination of changes in the following symptoms and feeling worse than usual, when generally unwell with no obvious reason:
In the early hours of 12 July 2015, I was settling my daughter after she’d woken. As I left her room I banged my elbow quite hard but gave it a rub and went back to bed. An hour or so later I awoke to golf ball size swelling on my elbow and extreme pain. […]
At 23, after a quiet Saturday night dinner with a friend, following a ‘common cold’, I thought I had bitten my tongue. Tired, I lay on my bed, icing my tongue. Less than an hour later, my tongue had swelled, started to block my airway and left me speechless. We suspected anaphylaxis and my Aunt […]
#SepsisChallenge How-to Guide Sepsis Australia in partnership with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care launched a National Targeted Public Awareness Campaign to increase word recognition, educate about the signs of sepsis, and encourage people to find out more. Join the #sepsischallenge, a social media tongue twister challenge (#SepsisChallenge) below are the […]
Sepsis is something I knew nothing about – like so many others. My first encounter with Sepsis occurred when my daughter, Lola, was born. My wifes pregnancy with Lola was the most “normal” of all our 3 kids. However, when she was born she quickly stopped breathing. She was grey, silent and lifeless. I remember […]
Hello, my name is Matthew Turner. I am the youngest child of Andrew Turner who on the 25th of August 2023 passed away suddenly from Sepsis at the age of 58. My Mother Sandra was married to Dad for 37 years. Mum and Dad were always there for us and we always knew that we […]
In 2008, at the age of 20, my life changed forever. What started as a complication from a surgery turned into a battle for survival—one that I was not prepared for but somehow endured. The first signs of trouble were subtle at first. I felt unwell, feverish, weak and in and out of consciousness. Within […]
My experience with sepsis involves infertility and IVF. For anyone reading this who may be experiencing either of those, please understand that this story might be triggering but it does end well. For context, during this period of my life I had a three-year-old daughter, a husband and was generally healthy. Between March 2022 and […]
