However, on a weekend family vacation to Blackpool, England, their lives were completely upended. Jaxon began complaining of stomach distress and soreness behind his arm on February 16. His parents weren’t very
Concerned because he had a history of chest infections. He requested to sleep in his mother’s bed that night, as he frequently did when he wasn’t feeling well.
After staying up with him till two in the morning, Sammy told Yorkshire Live, “I gave him some Calpol, and it brought his fever down.”
However, she discovered a rash when she woke up a few hours later to take his temperature. When she switched on the light, the seriousness of the problem became horrifyingly evident, although initially she thought it might be chickenpox.
“He began throwing up after the rash appeared to be burst veins,” she said. “I knew something was terribly wrong when his mouth swelled up.”
After calling emergency services in a panic, the parents were told to lay Jaxon on the ground and count his breaths. They were taken to
