Overview

• Ruby Trussler underwent a routine appendectomy in March 2024, but developed an abdominal adhesion five months later, leading to severe complications.
• She was transferred to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, where surgeons cleared the bowel obstruction, but she never regained consciousness and developed sepsis.
• Despite further surgeries, including a leg amputation, Ruby’s condition worsened, and her parents made the painful decision to withdraw life support on October 11, 2024.
• Her family has raised over £18,000 for Sepsis UK in her memory and plans a memorial trip to Disneyland Paris on what would have been her seventh birthday.
• An inquest into Ruby’s death is set to begin on May 15, 2025, as the NHS Trust emphasizes its commitment to learning from the case.