Actor Jason Watkins has said he believes his daughter Maude's death from sepsis in 2011 could have been avoided. The 60-year-old and his wife Clara lost their two-year-old on New Year's Day after her flu symptoms masked the infection.
In a new documentary, Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie, the couple share their story. Speaking on the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, Clara said: 'I've always felt with Maude, she was just unlucky. Another child may have gone to A&E and they've had a consultant there who has gone 'I think this could be sepsis' and their child is alive.'
Jason recalled that Maude could not breathe and was 'flopping' when he took her to hospital, but doctors said she was fine. 'When I look back my instinct was, no this is really serious. And I wish I had been more trusting of my instinct,' he said.
The couple are now campaigning for better awareness of sepsis signs. The documentary airs on ITV1 and ITVX later this year.
