Two North Texas moms are pushing for a mandatory sepsis protocol in Texas hospitals after one of their sons died and another almost lost his life after going into septic shock.
Reasa Selph’s son, Nicholas Mata, nearly died after he was twice discharged from Methodist Southlake Medical Center. Selph says that the hospital improperly discharged him and failed to recognize the signs of severe illness in her son.
Tatasha Whetstone’s son, Darren Keith Stanley Jr., died from cerebral herniation, fulminant bacterial meningitis, and invasive bacterial sinusitis, according to his death certificate, after he was twice discharged from Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas. Both moms are suing the hospitals in addition to pushing for legislative change…