'Silent killer took my daughter' Grieving Scots mum in sepsis warning
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scots mum whose daughter died of a “silent killer” is warning people of the symptoms of sepsis that claims the lives of five people an hour in the UK.Grieving Julie Stickland’s life was ripped apart when 26-year-old Chloe died four days after becoming unwell.She said: “We thought she had a 48-hour sickness bug.
She was fine on the Wednesday and dead on the Sunday.“Chloe was my purpose in life. Now she’s not here, I’ll make raising awareness of sepsis my purpose in the hope it saves one life and stops another family from going through what we are.” A deadly and rapidly moving infection with fatal results if victims fail to seek medical attention, sepsis is a bigger killer than bowel, breast and pancreatic cancer combined.
Julie, from Dumfries, initially thought Chloe had a sickness bug when she became ill at their Locharbriggs home in May last year.
When a rash later appeared and Chloe complained of having sore eyes, Julie then thought it could be meningitis. She said: “I phoned NHS 24 around 6am on the Saturday morning and they immediately sent an ambulance to take Chloe to Dumfries Infirmary. “I didn’t leave her side, but around 11.30pm that night, I went home for a couple of hours sleep.“My husband Ken and I were woken by the police banging on the door at 2am on the Sunday telling us to phone the hospital straight away.“We were told Chloe had had a cardiac arrest and died.
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