My story is the story of my beautiful healthy son Rory who died at 12 years of age as the result of an infection he received from a small cut on his elbow that he got playing basketball. I had never heard of sepsis before he died and I promised then to tell his story to save lives. I tell people about infection because in order to become septic you must first have an infection–and I tell them any infection can cause sepsis. Sepsis is life-threatening. Start a conversation with your teachers about sepsis, talk to your children about infection and empower those you love through meaningful conversation.