A young family has shared the harrowing experience of almost losing their young son after he had to be put into paediatric intensive care over Christmas last year.
Corey King, was just 18 months old when he was rushed to hospital on Boxing Day in December 2021 after suffering from a high temperature and becoming unwell. Heroic mum Aimee, 31, rang 111 after she noticed that her son was turning grey and that Calpol had not helped to reduce his temperature.
He was then taken to Edinburgh’s Sick Kids and was triaged immediately. His heart rate and temperature were abnormally high and his blood sugar levels extremely low. At first medical professionals though that the cause may have been tonsillitis but blood tests highlighted that his red and white blood cell counts and iron levels were very low.
