A toddler died two days after she was discharged from a hospital with antibiotics, an inquest has heard. Wyatt Rose Wheeler, two, was found dead on November 6, 2020, at her family home in Duffryn, Newport.
An inquest into her death on Tuesday heard Wyatt's parents Sean and Laura Wheeler "initially thought that Wyatt was suffering with what [they] thought was a cold," and gave her Calpol for three days. However their concerns increased when her breathing became laboured with Wyatt's mum describing her little girl as "staring into space" and appearing to "suck in her ribs".
They first phoned their GP but after they were told that they may not be seen until the afternoon her parents rang 999 instead. In evidence read out to the inquest paramedic Robert Huish, who attended Mr and Mrs Wheeler's address on November 4, 2020, said that Wyatt appeared "very pale in colour" and had a runny nose. He described her upper and lower lips as being swollen in appearance.
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