A three-year-old boy almost died from the ‘silent killer’ sepsis after contracting a urine infection bungling doctors missed 30 times, his mother has revealed.
Jack Baily, from Haddenham in Buckinghamshire, who had problems going to the toilet and urinated like a ‘sprinkler’, fell ill at nursery.
Staff rung his stay-at-home mother, Charlotte Anton, 29, to take him home – but he collapsed as soon as he got there and began to vomit blood.
Jack was taken to hospital in a taxi following advice from call handlers at NHS 111 – but his condition suddenly deteriorated and he stopped breathing.
Concerned doctors scrambled to save his life and were able to resuscitate him – despite warning Ms Anton that Jack may not pull through.
And two years on from his ‘terrifying’ ordeal, Jack, now five, still struggles. He is also expected to require dialysis in the future after suffering kidney failure.
Ms Anton has since revealed bungling medics ignored her concerns about his urine problems 30 times – dismissing it as just a virus.
