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‘My daughter’s chicken pox turned to sepsis and it’s still haunting me’ – novelist Caitriona Lally

Award-winning novelist Caitriona Lally has revealed how her daughter’s chicken pox infection turned into the potentially fatal illness sepsis. n an emotional piece in today’s Living section, the author describes how the family’s nightmare unfolded. She said she and her husband “spent three chicken­pocked nights trying to dodge her hurtlings, trying to comfort and contain… Read More »

Brave mother had her lower legs amputated due to sepsis after childbirth to her stillborn son

Brave mother tells how she had to have her lower legs amputated due to sepsis after life-threatening childbirth to her tragically stillborn son Callie Colwick, 30, suffered a major pregnancy complication, placenta accreta  At 15 weeks, she and her husband were told Quinn would not survive the birth Two weeks later Mrs Colwick was induced… Read More »