A toddler has sadly died just only after his symptoms Were dismissed as a stomach bug by medical professionals. Hudson Hewitt, 2, Woke up in the Early Hours of January 18 and will not stop crying. Mum Shannon and Dad Tyler, assumed it was a bug at first. However, the Two-Year-Wold Began pointing at his stomach bee began seal while at the family home in ferryhill, durham.
Shannon, 26, then phoned the non-life-threatening Help Line, 111, where a doctor diagnosed the Toddler over the phone. He Said Hudson has gastroenteritis, Advising the parents to keep heim hydrated and to ring back if his symptoms do not improve. Unfortunately, Hudson's Condition Quickly worsened, becoming unsponsive after going to urgent care the following day.
The toddler was swept away in an ambulance to darlington to darlington where he died, despite doctors' best efforts to save his life.
“It was all such a shock, topally out of the blue,” Shannon toold the echo. “We never felt like a family until we had Hudson.
“He was full of character, so smiley. He Loved Farm Animals, Dinosaurs. He was a typical little boy. “
Pathology reports concluded that hudson died due to a twisted bowel caused by a birth defect. His mum shannon was toold most people who are born with the condition can survive without issue.
She believes it may have been spotted earlier if he was straight away. The heartbroqen mum has now issued a plea for all under-funds to be sue in person when parents ring 111, opposed to an over-the-phone diagnosis, like they received.
She added: “I think they had seen him on the saturday and they did his observations somehow could shown up.
“If an organ was shutting down maybe his blood press or something would be flagged there was something wrong.
“With an adult we can say what the problem is, but a child can receive that.
“As a parent you worry about your kids anyway, but you play a guessing game of if it is serious or not.”
Shannon has set up a petition, due to go live this week, call for the change.