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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Kate Lally

Boy, 14, beat the odds after mum 'said final goodbyes' to him

A mum forced to say her "final goodbyes" to her sick child five times is overjoyed after hearing him saying "mum" for the first time in eight months.

Georgia Eaton, 36, was told "countless" times that her teenage son wasn't going to "make it" after he was diagnosed with a rare auto immune disease, encephalitis - a rare neurological condition causing inflammation of the brain and intense spasms.

Her son, James, 14, first became unwell with a high temperature and bursts of dizziness in December 2021. After multiple trips to seek medical help, his local GP was stumped, and his symptoms continued.

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