On March 29, 2012 we brought our sick 12 year old son, Rory to our pediatrician, Dr. Susan Levitzky. We learned many troubling things that night, one being that many doctors do not know the signs or do not “think” sepsis. Rory was a red light for sepsis that night but Dr. Susan Levitzky did […]

Dr. Thomas Frieden, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote of The Rory Staunton Foundation on February 21, 2014: “We applaud you for your leadership in and advocacy for sepsis prevention. Your strength and determination in turning the tragic loss of Rory into something that will help many others is inspiring.” […]

Ciaran and Orlaith Staunton met with Dr. Tom Frieden, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and his staff Dr. Beth P. Bell, Dr. Denise Cardo, Dr. Michael Bell, Dr. John A. Jernigan and Abbigail Tumpey at CDC Headquarters in Atlanta on Friday, Jan. 24 for a collaborative discussion on sepsis. Dr Martin Doerfler […]

Rory Staunton’s father, Ciaran, will give the keynote address about Rory’s Regulations  at the first Berlin Sepsis Summit on Sept. 9, 2013 at the invitation of Prof K. Reinhart, Chairman of the Global Sepsis Alliance. The Berlin Sepsis Summit will see the launch of a national campaign in Germany to prevent Sepsis deaths which kill […]

You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. […]