Sepsis Alliance provides information and resources to help you better understand your or your loved one’s sepsis diagnosis.
Sepsis Alliance provides information and resources to help you better understand your or your loved one’s sepsis diagnosis.
For anyone recently diagnosed with sepsis, this is the place to start.
Some sepsis survivors recover completely and resume their lives, while others may struggle to cope with enduring effects of their illness. Here you can find information to help you navigate post-sepsis life.
When your loved one becomes ill with sepsis, you may not know what sepsis is or how to help them. Here are resources that may help you navigate this complex and difficult journey.
Losing a loved one to sepsis can leave you with grief as well as many questions. Here are answers to some of the questions you may have after losing a loved one to sepsis.
Sepsis Alliance Connect is the virtual support community for anyone affected by sepsis.
Hi, my name is Jamie M. I’m a 40-year-old mother of two elementary-aged boys and I’m a sepsis survivor. I grew up in the northeast U.S. playing field hockey and snowboarding. After a move to Florida for college, I obtained my degree and met my soulmate. We married shortly after graduation and enjoyed traveling together and working in our chosen fields. When we had our first child, I left my career to work from home as a seamstress. I ran a very successful business for many years, assisting neighbors with alterations, repairs, and custom projects. Sewing was a fantastic creative ... Read Full Story
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My Story: (I wrote this for my online, private support group. Thought I’d share here also. Not looking for sympathy just wanted to share. There’s always hope in your life) Flashback July 2014: I didn’t even know what a colostomy was !! I had severe diverticulitis and had numerous episodes where my bowel perforated (unbeknownst to me !!??!!) Although I was informed before the surgery there might be a chance I could end up with a bag, I never imagined I would be the unlucky one it could happen to. Not knowing was probably better in hindsight. I came round ... Read Full Story
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I felt completely fine in the lead up to my diagnosis. Monday night I woke up with a pain that I can’t fully describe but I knew something was wrong and that I needed to go to the hospital. I got up and got dressed but felt too weak to go so I lay back down. After a while I woke my partner, who then brought me to hospital. Once there I did some blood tests and x-rays which came back clear so I was sent home with a high fever and a viral infection. (Sepsis and Viral Infections) The ... Read Full Story
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On May 3rd 2021 I went for a hernia repair. A week and a half later (5/15) I went to the hospital via ambulance due to 6 staples detaching and one drain tube accidentally being ripped out but was transferred to the same hospital as the hernia repair. (Sepsis and Surgery) I was given antibiotics for a few days and was told that the dark colored skin on my abdomen was normal bruising and that they wouldn’t be closing it back up, but the home nurse would do a certain wound dressing. 5 days later after being discharged I was ... Read Full Story
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In November 2020, during the height of COVID, I began to get sick. I was experiencing many of the same symptoms that are associated with COVID, sore throat, body aches, high fever, nausea. I was seen at a local urgent care who was aware of my underlying illnesses, and I was only tested for COVID and sent home. This process repeated 3 times over the course of two weeks. I finally ended up in the emergency room when I began to have difficulty breathing and severe pain in my neck. During my time at the emergency room an X-ray was ... Read Full Story
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