A mum has warned other parents to get their children checked after her son's pains and a rash turned out to be much more serious. Mum Jessica had been giving her son Harvey tablets that had been prescribed to help ease his 'agonising' pains.
But, as Manchester Evening News reports, the medication simply did not appear to be working. Harvey, 16, is autistic and lives with mum Jessica, dad, Stuart and four siblings in Middleton, Greater Manchester. After complaining of pain in his back and legs, he was given ibuprofen and paracetamol.
However, his parents instantly knew something was wrong when, just a few days later, he was struggling to walk properly. Jessica said Harvey has always had a high pain threshold, not even shedding a tear when he broke his arm as a young child - but that he was clearly 'in agony.'
