My name is Seiry Mozqueda,. I am a senior at Tri-County Early College, and I am working on my capstone project.
For my capstone project, I will be bringing awareness to a rare infection called early-onset neonatal aepsis. Early-onset sepsis is a serious blood infection that occurs in infants younger than 90 days old.
To bring awareness, I have joined an organization that brings awareness to this infection in a variety of ways. Through their organization, I made a fundraising page, and the money will go directly to them.
The reason why I chose to do this for my capstone is because I battled early-onset sepsis when I was 2 weeks old. This is very important to me because I want more people to be aware of this infection, which is deadly.
There are around 75,000 children in the United States that develop severe sepsis each year, which is increasing by 8 percent each year. From that number, around 7,000 of the children die, as the mortality rate is 3-40 percent. If the baby is premature, then they have a higher chance of not making it due the weakness of their immune system.
This infection causes you to develop infections and viruses a lot easier, which is a huge problem with the pandemic going around.
If anyone has or had neonatal sepsis, they are at higher risk of getting Covid-19. That is why it is important to know the signs and symptoms of sepsis, as well as knowing what to do if you do have it.
If you want to learn more about my story/infection, or want to help donate, please visit my fundraising page, which is https://donate.sepsisalliance.org/fundraiser/3098114.
My goal is to raise $500 by April 20, which is the day I was released from the hospital.
Seiry Mozqueda, Clay County