This event is for Jemma's 21st Birthday

Jemma became poorly during a family holiday in Wales in February half term 2014. She was fine on the Tuesday, we went for a long walk and when we got back she said she had a bit of back ache and went to bed. I thought nothing of it knowing she was on her period and this happened.

The following day, Thursday, I contacted a local doctor and explained her symptoms over the phone, he said it sounded like NOROVIRUS and advised us to go home as it was likely we would all get it, that's what we did.

On Friday morning she seemed to deteriorate, she became extremely lethargic, although she knew where she was and who I was. The rash seemed to get worse and even though it disappeared when I did the glass test I rang the doctor as I knew something wasn't right. I thought she was dehydrated.

The doctor came out took Jemma's blood pressure but was unable to get a reading I could tell she concerned. The first response arrived and they couldn't get a reading either, the ambulance arrived and the next thing I knew we were being rushed to A&E.

There were lots of doctors and nurses in the room, I remember counting 14 at one point, realising then just how serious she was. My husband arrived and we were taken into a private room and told they suspected toxic shock, I immediately said she was on her period and using tampons.

The following day is very blurry, we were told Jemma's condition was life threatening. We were told they had grown the staphylococcus bacteria from her bloods and where treating her with a broad range of antibiotics. It was very frightening. He told us then the next conversation could be a very different one. We had that next conversation, he told us to bring in family to say goodbye. We did.

On the Friday morning Tony went over to PICU, he contacted me and said I needed to get there straight away it wasn't good. Jemma had had a massive bleed to her brain around 7am that morning. They couldn't carry out tests for a further 24 hours until all of the medication was out of her system. The tests proved our daughter had gone.

Jemma's was and always will be a massive part of our lives. We are determined that her memory will live on. She loved anything musical and played flute for Wigan Music Services, she also loved swimming and swam competitively for Hindley Swimming Club. Her passion was helping others, especially younger children, she helped to teach swimming at club and also helped me with my Childminding job.

Her family's mission is now is to raise as much awareness as possible about the signs and symptoms of toxic shock syndrome and Sepsis.

Please help us raise funds by either joining the event or donating to the campaign - thank you for your your crucial support - it will enable the UK Sepsis Trust to educate the public on the signs & symptoms of sepsis & educate health professionals of what to look out for.