Doctors mistook my deadly sepsis for anxiety and sent me home from the hospital…I’m lucky to be alive

Joe DuPont, 28, from California, went into sepsis earlier this year after doctors mistook his symptoms for a skin infection and anxiety. He is now working to raise awareness of the illness. Joe DuPont, 28, from California, went into sepsis earlier this year after doctors mistook his symptoms for a skin infection and anxiety. He is now working to raise awareness of the illness.