Amir Carter-Williams

My grandson, Amir Carter-Williams was active in sports, like football, soccer, basketball, and baseball. He had a flu shot a few months before he was diagnosed with the flu. He was sent home from the doctors with the instructions to drink plenty of fluids and get plenty of rest.

He laid around the house for two days with a fever and chills. When he could barely walk my daughter took him back to the doctors and requested that he place him on antibiotics, but the doctor said he didn’t need them and gave him something for vomiting.

That night Amir’s eyes turned yellow like he had jaundice. We checked the medicine bottle and it said that it would turn his eyes yellow. He went to sleep that night only to wake up not being able to walk.

Once we got him downstairs we called the ambulance.

Amir passed away around 4:00 am on April 27, 2010, at the age of 16. He was later diagnosed with sepsis. (Sepsis and Children) The autopsy said that he had a rare blood disease.

You can read more about Amir here.

Source: by Rosalie Carter (Amir's grandmother)