A mum and dad went through every parent's worst nightmare after their newborn son's suspected jaundice turned out to be sepsis. Lucas Dowse and his twin sister Isabelle were born normal, healthy babies when he suddenly came down with a terrifying case of E-Coli at just four weeks old.
Parents Katie Carney and 35-year-old Michael Dowse, first realised something was wrong when they noticed a yellowish-grey tinge to the newborn's skin. When he later refused to feed, they rushed him to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough on Friday, October 21, believing that he had a bout of jaundice.
However once there, Lucas began to develop sepsis and he was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle by ambulance. After undergoing various tests and assessments, doctors found that due to a lack of oxygen when medics tried to incubate him, Luca's spleen had become irreparably damaged. As a result, Lucas will need to take antibiotics for the rest of his life, Teesside Live reports.
