Bereaved Archives

Liz’ Story

by Mark | Sep 11, 2019

My Mum, Liz, was never one for complaining when she was unwell, so when her cold-like symptoms continued for a second week she was quick to downplay them. That she’d barely mentioned her sore throat and fever made it all the more shocking when my Dad called me at 7:00...

Chloe’s Story

by Mark | Aug 30, 2019

In October 2018, Chloe went to hospital for an appendix operation, which led to her tragically losing her life to sepsis. Her father Dave talks about losing his daughter: “As you can imagine, we are totally heartbroken and struggling to understand why this has...

Joy’s Story

by Mark | Feb 4, 2019

I was sitting in a restaurant in Vancouver in October 2017 when I received a phone call from my sister-in-law. “Can you get an earlier flight? Joy’s going into hospital and she’s quite poorly.” For the last two days we had been chatting on Face Time and I knew she had...

Samar’s Story

by Mark | Jan 21, 2019

It’s a phone call that will haunt me for the rest of my life. It was the hospital consultant, calling to tell me that my 6 day old son’s heart was failing, and they needed to start chest compressions. Even though I remember that phone call so clearly, I can only...

William’s Story

by Mark | Sep 20, 2018

Let me introduce you to William Despite passing away from sepsis at the tender age of 12 months, William’s life lives on in those children that he has saved and continues to save, by the strength he has given me to campaign for awareness. I never knew such a little...