A mum who thought bruises on her baby boy were from him learning to crawl "burst into tears" after being given a heartbreaking diagnosis. Danielle Makinson, 30, and her husband Ian, 32, first noticed that nine-month-old son Ryan had multiple bruises on his legs in February 2022.
As the youngster was just learning to crawl, the parents weren't overly concerned about the marks, but decided to keep an eye on them. Three weeks later they spotted that their little one had more bruising, this time under his lip and around his armpit.
Daniella also noticed a 'nasty lump' under the surface of the bruising and called for a doctors appointment, the Liverpool Echo reports. The business owner, from Ormskirk, said: "When I saw the nasty lump under his lip I had no idea where he would have got it from. Then when the lump was under his arm, I got worried.
