Patient Stories

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Sean's story

Up-and-coming rap artist Sean Hughes from Finglas in Dublin was only 15 years old when he died from sepsis on 12th January 2018.

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Tracey's story

A young mother, Tracey Corcoran, was only 37 years old when she unfortunately passed away from sepsis on 20th June 2020.

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Lizzy's story

I was 31weeks pregnant and I started to feel sick Monday 22nd of August 2022 and went to bed feeling very warm...

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Rian's story

On Thursday the 5th of January my son Rian woke up it was normal day he was eating and drinking wet nappies...

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Nicole's story

I was 22 when I had sepsis. I suffered from reoccurring UTIs that led to kidney infections from 2015 to 2017...

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Will's story

Back in March, we lived every parent’s worst nightmare when we were told our gorgeous son Will had sepsis and would need...

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Anna's story

27th November 2021, one day I cannot remember nor will I ever forget.

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Caitlin's story

My experience with sepsis happened just over a year ago. I had just given birth and was home about 2 weeks before I became really unwell.

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Carol's story

At the end of April 2021, I had symptoms of a virus. Did the PCR just in case, and it was negative. So I pottered on feeling unwell and assumed it would go away.

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Conor's story

Just a bit about my experience with sepsis. I have been in hospital for 9 weeks now and counting...

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Kate's story

I had been dealing with what doctors had thought was pleurisy for a year prior, and was in and out of hospital on antibiotics and pain meds.