A teenager "nearly died" several times after his horrified mum found him "black and blue" in bed and bleeding from his mouth.
James Eaton, who is now 14, lost consciousness and suffered a violent seizure at home. Mum Georgia, a 36-year-old retail worker, said she found the teenager "unresponsive" in bed.
Georgia, who is also mum to Alfie, 11, said: "He was black and blue. His eyes were white, he had blood coming out of his mouth and his lips were blue. I called for an ambulance and when we arrived at the Countess of Chester Hospital a crash team was waiting outside.