A mum who took her 17-month-old daughter to the GP for a suspected ear infection was told the toddler was 'waiting at God's door' and had to be put on a heart transplant list. Amelia Bolter, now 22 months old, was taken to her doctor's in Chippenham, Wiltshire, by her mother Jodie Woolford, 31, in June this year.
Jodie thought Amelia was suffering from an ear infection or teething issues as she kept rubbing her ear, but was shocked when the doctor found her heart rate racing between at 180-220 beats per minute. She was immediately rushed to Bath Hospital, before being transferred to Bristol Children's hospital the same day.
She is now at Great Ormond Street where doctors have told her parents to be prepared for a two-year wait before Amelia can go home with a new heart. She was rushed there on October 30, when she faced several infections including pneumonia, a gut infection and sepsis.
