"They looked after our little boy and saved his life"

Our son aged 10 only a few weeks ago became extremely poorly at home, he was sick, weak, had neck stiffness and drowsiness with a temperature. Over a very short period I (Mum) noticed spots progressing very rapidly over his body.

I rang NHS direct who sent an emergency response team who then called for an ambulance who took us to Blackpool Victoria Hospital. When we first arrived he got put on the Paediatrics ward, then to Emergency Resuscitation. We knew then our son was extremely poorly and was worryingly deteriorating fast, he was put on Intravenous antibiotics and relevant pain relief.

He then moved to the Paediatric High Dependency Unit. This was confirmed meningococcal septicaemia and suspected Meningitis, he carried on with Intravenous antibiotics and stronger pain relief. All the Nurses and Doctors was very caring and extremely helpful. He then started having seizures, he became unresponsive when he was having the fits and they became more frequent.

The Consultants and Doctors decided it was best to put our son in an induced coma on a ventilator to stabilise his body and so his body could concentrate on fighting the infection. He was put on the Intensive Care Unit and later had a brain scan. The NWTS team where called by the hospital they did the transfer of our son requiring admission to intensive care at Alder Hey children's hospital, the NWTS team did an excellent job.

We was frantic with worry it was the worse time of our life, our son was full of tubes and critically poorly on a ventilator. Alder Hey hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit was very professional, and their care was second to none. We would like to thank everybody at Blackpool Victoria hospital and Alder Hey hospital, all the Nurses, Doctors and Consultants who looked after our little boy and saved his life they was absolutely brilliant. A massive thank you from our family.