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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Olivia Williams

Boy, 5, who died in parents' arms leaves 'gaping hole' in family's lives

Messages of support have been left for the family of a five-year-old boy who died from a rare epilepsy syndrome.

Sam Liew died after developing Febrile Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES), believed to be an exceptionally rare reaction and affects just one in a million people. In March last year Sam was rushed to hospital after experiencing the first of a series of debilitating and ultimately catastrophic fits, reports LancsLive.

Before this, the five-year-old had no history of seizures. Medical experts around the world fought to save Sam's life but just seven weeks later he died in his parents' arms. Now ECHO readers have sent condolences to Sam's family and messages of support.

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