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Gemma Ryder

Mum's Strep A terror as son left fighting for life after 'sore leg' sparked diagnosis

A Scots schoolboy was left fighting for his life after an agonising leg pain revealed a shock Step A diagnosis. Jordan James Sood - known as JJ - was rushed to hospital with a suspected blood clot when he began screaming in pain at his home in Kilwinning on December 5.

The five-year-old had come down with a high temperature the day before after undergoing a tooth extraction, but it was presumed that his fever was down to the effects of surgery.

The P1 pupil appeared to improve after his mum gave him some Calpol, but 48 hours later he began complaining of a sore left leg that he couldn't move.

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