“We were told that Noah may not pull through. No parent should ever have to hear those words. They haunt us still to this day.”
Noah had grey sunken eyes, a rash, was vomiting and was sensitive to light. He was rushed to hospital and thankfully pulled through. Now every day is a blessing, as Margo, from Torquay in Devon, tells us here.
“Our son Noah had just turned four-months-old when he was rushed into hospital over concerns of meningitis and sepsis.
“Noah started to deteriorate fast. We were sent to HDU on Louisa Carry Ward at Torbay Hospital. We were put through absolute hell for the first 24 hours.
Performed so many tests
“They performed so many and various tests because of the sepsis that was so threatening to his little body that Noah had a blood transfusion. After this they inserted a feed tube. Noah didn’t show signs of improvement and we were told by the leading consultant to prepare ourselves for the possibility that Noah may not pull through.
“No parent should ever have to hear those words. They haunt us still to this day.
“Noah was then transferred to Birmingham Children’s Hospital to their HDU on the Caterpillar Ward.
Start his recovery journey
“From there they did MRIs, lumbar punctures and various other tests and scans. Noah had now been officially diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and sepsis. His intravenous antibiotics were helping, but the midline cannulas kept rejecting and failing. They prepped Noah for minor surgery and put a PICC line in. After this Noah was able to finish his course of long-term antibiotics.
“We were transferred back to Torbay to start his recovery journey. We ended up staying in hospital for a month after that. The hospital staff told us that Noah’s case was a medical mystery and it is a complete miracle that he survived.
“Every day now is a blessing. It’s an absolute privilege having our little boy by our side every day. He shows me true strength. Our boy is a survivor.”
