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'I thought I had the flu': Mom nearly died after dismissing deadly sepsis symptoms
Audrey Wiggins, a Virginia Beach mother, nearly died from sepsis in 2015 after initially dismissing her symptoms as the flu. She spent 10 days in the ICU, including five in a medically induced coma, and now raises sepsis awareness through her nonprofit, the Begin Again Foundation, and a children's book. The article also references NASCAR driver Kyle Busch's recent death from sepsis.
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