“It was my daughter’s 19th birthday. She was sick to her stomach and had a fever. She was just lying in bed. Her eyes were open, but she was out of it. Suddenly, she stopped breathing. I screamed, ‘Don’t leave me, I love you, please don’t leave me.’ My girl was a fighter.”
‘Her tampon was poisoning her. ‘It’s okay, the ambulance is coming.’ She took a deep breathe, and closed her eyes.’: Mom loses daughter to Toxic Shock Syndrome, ‘My beautiful girl was a fighter’
‘I thought I was invincible. I was terribly wrong. 5 months ago, this was me in the ICU because of a Tampon. I almost lost my life.’: Woman warns of Toxic Shock Syndrome
“I woke up and it all hit me. Flu like symptoms. Fever, chills, vomiting and a rash developed on my left inner thigh. I had just moved back home to my parents a week prior and if it wasn’t for my mom, I would not be here writing this.”
