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Losing a child is the worst nightmare of all parents – and something no one should have to live.
Holly Middleton, of St Petersburg, Florida, celebrated the fifth birthday of her granddaughter Scarlett at Disney Springs in July, when the tragedy erupted.
Scarlett made a princess makeover at her birthday parties and disguised herself as Ariel.
"We did not know she was practicing that day to be a princess in paradise a few days later," Holly wrote on Love What Matters.
(Image: Courtesy of Holly Middleton)
After the family returned home, Scarlett vomited and had a slight fever.
On the second day, Holly took her to the doctor and she was "so lethargic" that she had to carry her little girl to the office.
They were sent home with drugs and were told that it was a stomach virus – only 20 hours later, Scarlett died.
Holly said, "I called the ambulance when I thought something was wrong, she died in the ambulance while going to the hospital, luckily I was with her. "
(Image: Courtesy of Holly Middleton)
The hospital staff tried to save Scarlett, but unfortunately they could not revive her.
It turned out that Scarlett had sepsis, a serious complication of an infection that can be life-threatening if left untreated.
"We do not know how she got it or why it affected her so quickly," Holly added.
Scarlett's mother was heartbroken to lose her daughter, whom she described as "sweet" and her "sun".
(Image: Courtesy of Holly Middleton)
Holly has since created a charity in the honor of Scarlett with a very sweet cause: bringing happiness and sunshine into people's lives.
Scarlett's Sunshine has raised funds via a Go Fund Me page to distribute hundreds of bouquets of flowers to strangers.
Holly wrote on Facebook that the charity now has "funds to allow us to produce about 200 flowers a week".
The symptoms of sepsis can be found here.
Sepsis: the facts
■ Sepsis affects 250,000 people in the UK and kills 44,000 people a year. It's more than cancer of the bowel, breast and prostate and combined road accidents.
■ Sepsis is the body's often deadly response to infection.
■ At first it may look like a flu or chest infection, but it can quickly become serious.
■ Seek medical help urgently if you develop one of the following situations …
– are lethargic or difficult to wake up
– feeling abnormally cold to the touch
– the skin appears marbled, bluish or pale
– breathe very quickly
– have a rash that does not fade when you tap on it
– have a seizure or convulsion
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