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WSD13 Berlin Follow Up

September 16, 2013 by Lois Britton 2 Comments

Pick up all kinds of info on Berlin in Berlin: Insider Travel Tips
Let me take you on a quick photo/video summary of our trip to Berlin for World Sepsis Day:
When we arrived at the Brandenburg Gate, we found the team setting up chairs, 600 of them. They’re a visual display, not meant for sitting.
Fortunately, Ed brought his own seat.
So much going on – including the removal of a big pile of snow. I’m not sure what they were promoting, but apparently the time window for their permit had ended.
600 chairs, each one representing 300 people who had sepsis in the last year, just in Germany
1/3 of the sepsis patients do not survive or 60,000 people die from sepsis in Germany every year
Happily, 120,000 do survive every year.  This woman has coreographed a dance about sepsis.  It was performed at Hauptbahnof earlier in the day.  She said they took all kinds of artistic people behind the scenes to see the research that’s being done and asked them to communicate via their medium about sepsis.
Ed chatting with another sepsis survivor.  This frail, young man is recently released from the hospital. He became ill over a year ago!  His sepsis resulted from a small scratch.  He needed surgery, and actually had sepsis twice during this time. They’re making a documentary about his experience.
James the Butler Bear at the Hilton
Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.

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  1. Chris

    September 26, 2013 at 11:06 pm

    What a great event! I have spread the word to all my neti pot users about the dangers of improper use.

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  1. Beet Cupcakes for a Pink Picnic says:
    August 17, 2014 at 10:41 am

    […] In Ed’s case, the C-Reactive Protein (CRP), which indicates inflammation, was one of the most telling symptoms. A normal reading is no more than 5. When admitted to the hospital, his was almost 900! There’s more about our experience with sepsis in this post. Last year, we were in Berlin for World Sepsis Day and you can read about that here. […]

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