A mum claims she was accused of abusing her baby after he developed mysterious bruises before a blood test later confirmed he had leukaemia. Beth Reilly, 23, became worried when her son Bailey Kilbane, now 16 months old, started coming out in unexplained bruises and flu-like symptoms last October.
The young mum said Bailey appeared "happy and smiley" but she instinctively knew that something was not right with his health, the Liverpool ECHO reports. Beth and her partner, Brandon, also 23, took their son to the doctors after bruises began appearing on his legs which didn't heal for over three weeks.
However, GPs and hospital doctors insisted that there was nothing wrong with little Bailey but Beth was not so convinced and requested further tests. The mum claims that while she was at Arrowe Park, medics asked if she was abusing her son.
