close Healthy mom nearly died after dismissing sepsis symptoms as the flu In 2015, Audrey Wiggins was a healthy 31-year-old when she thought she’d come down with the flu. Instead, her condition spiraled into a severe case of sepsis that left her in the ICU for 10 days, including five days in a medically induced coma. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! In the wake of NASCAR star Kyle Busch’s death from sepsis , a Virginia Beach mother who almost lost her life to the deadly condition is