Our thoughts are with little Gerard and his family 💔
A young boy was rushed to intensive care and his family told to prepare for the worst after he caught chicken pox.
The lump grew until it was 'over his eyebrow', and Danielle ended up taking Gerard to A&E, where tests established he had Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with a mutation. "We were told it was viral but on the Sunday he was in bad pain with his tummy and was screaming for me to take him to the hospital. Doctors thought he had constipation but with the rash they thought he also had chicken pox so he was treated for that.
"He was getting worse, we didn't think he was going to make it but he woke up and was aware and was able to nod his head and let the nurse put a tube down his throat to drain the fluid which helped him improve," she added.
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