A Scots school boy who was left paralysed after tangled blood vessels exploded inside his brain managed to cheat death thanks to his mum’s quick thinking. Little Josh Pollard, from North Berwick, East Lothian, suffered four seizures in just 15 minutes after suddenly falling ill while out pumpkin picking in October 2021.
The nine-year-old’s mum Jayne called for an ambulance before being whisked to the R oyal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh. Medics discovered he had an arteriovenous malformation in his brain which had ruptured causing a blood clot to form.
Josh was rushed for emergency surgery as his parents mum and dad Ben anxiously waited for news on his condition. Dad Ben, a Sky engineer, explained: “Jayne’s son Jack, who’s 21 now, had been in hospital a lot as a child. I was nowhere near as prepared.
