Understanding Meningitis: Signs and symptoms
THE PARENTS of a nine-month-old baby who died after a misdiagnosis hope the tragedy will help save other lives.Mother of four Kim, 39, from Flint, says: “Lucas was a happy, smiley, little boy, he was our first child and we loved him so much.Mum shares warning sign on her baby's head that turned out to be meningitis“I was heavily pregnant and gave birth to our second son just two months later; we welcomed a new life, yet we were still grieving for Lucas.
Lucas was the couple’s first child and was a happy and healthy baby. Kim had previously been diagnosed withMum shares red-flag warning sign on her baby's head that turned out to be meningitis - triggering 15 seizures “I felt slightly fobbed off, I was worried. But I was also reassured by the doctors. I trusted them.”
Kim says: “We were interviewed by police at the hospital and our home was trashed. Lucas’s favourite blue Giraffe blanket was gone, they had been through our bin to take his nappies, they’d taken his bottles and milk.”Nathan says: “We felt so angry he wasn’t diagnosed earlier. We made a complaint to the hospital, but they refused to accept responsibility.”
Nurse practitioner Carol Stevenson noted he was “stiff and vacant” and had a squint in the waiting room.Dr Olugbemiga said there were no “red flags” that anything else was wrong with him and his senior Dr Solabomi Alalade also examined Lucas before discharging him. “We talk about Lucas every day, he lives on through his two brothers and his sister. But we miss him every day.”
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