A mother of an 18-year-old man, who died after being placed in an induced coma, has paid tribute to her son calling him ‘amazing’ with an ‘aptitude for academia’. The second-year sixth-form student had secured a place at Warwick University studying Advanced Maths while in intensive care and is said to have been able to teach anyone anything mathematical.
Joe Parker suffered an adverse reaction to medication and had become unconscious on February 17. After paramedics stabilised him he was taken by ambulance to Southmead Hospital where he sustained complications. Tragically, he lost his fight on April 16, in Southmead Intensive Care Unit, reports Gloucestershire Live.
His family and fellow pupils at Katharine Lady Berkeley School say they will forever remember Joe as the brilliant lad he was. Joe is the eldest son of Barney Parker, 47 and Sarah Wilmott, 47 who are from Charfield. Joe also has a younger brother Cameron who is 15-years-old.
