Jude Hawkridge had been just like any other boy his age. The seven-year-old from Rotherham was active, loved playing football and was a big fan of Leeds United. But then things started to happen which caused his mother, Jo, and the rest of his family to worry.
Jude was getting pale and fatigued. He was complaining about his muscles being sore and being tired a lot. “We were quite concerned quite early on because Jude was really athletic and a fit boy, he started to go quite pale,” his mother says.
“He said he was tired a lot, which just wasn’t Jude. He was only seven at the time and you know what seven year old boys are like, they are manic aren’t they. We could just see that he’d slowed down a bit, he said that his muscles were hurting.”
