St Mary’s Bay’s mother thanks to doctors at William Harvey hospital in Ashford for saving her daughter’s life

A terrified mother who saw her “whole world” collide her around has thanked the doctors who saved their baby’s life after a seizure.

Chloe Locke, from St Mary’s Bay, in Romney Marsh, watched with horror while the baby’s fall began to tremble before going “lazy and insensitive.”

The 27 -year -old called an ambulance and impressively, the teams arrived at his house in three minutes last Thursday.

Miss Locke recalled: “I was having one day off, I was just a little sick after its food.

“I was starting to have dinner and my Willow two and a half said: ‘Mom, mom, bad autumn.

“I ran towards the crib and she began to tremble and heard this jaded by air.

“Once he stopped, he was so flexible and not answered to the point that it was like a doll. His head was falling. “

The mother put the autumn in the recovery position, while Brave Willow Let entered the paramedics, before the baby was urgently taken to the hospital.

Miss Locke said: “When I saw them hit the trauma light in the ambulance, I was really scared.

“Autumn was simply inconsolatable. She kept crying and suddenly stopped and wouldn’t make a sound. “

Once at the William Harvey hospital in Ashford, they were sent to the children’s A&E, where doctors began to fight to save the life of the sick baby.

Miss Locke told Kentonline: “It was like a movie.

“It was as if so many doctors were invading immediately and placing cannulas.

“They treated her for the highest possible infections and they didn’t know if she would achieve it. It was really difficult.

“It felt as if the room stopped for a second and was seeing my entire world to collide around me. She was lifeless.

“I hate using the word, but it seemed to be dead.

“It was horrible. She was pale. She would simply move. “

Autumn stabilized and after blood tests and research, it was diagnosed with respiratory syncitial virus (RSV) with possible sepsis.

Miss Locke says doctors think antibiotics were administered so fast that severe infection did not appear in subsequent tests.

After staying in the hospital for two nights, autumn was sent home last Saturday, to return for more antibiotics the next day.

Miss Locke added: “At the beginning it came out in a very bad eruption and did not know if it was meningitis, but they all clarified.

“The staff was fantastic. Not only did they take care of my daughter in the highest possible way, but they knew that she had severe anxiety, so they also let Autumn Charlie also stay.

“Usually, only a father is allowed during the night.

“They kept entering, checking that it was fine. They were so charming in the ways I didn’t expect. “

East Kent Hospital Trust, who runs William Harvey, has been under scrutiny in recent months.

For eight consecutive months, it has been classified among the six worst in the country for 12 -hour ‘trams’, with patients who support long delays to wear a bed in a room.

Miss Locke said: “I heard conversations between the staff about who came through the doors and how they were dealing with that.

“I think I opened my eyes a little how much pressure they are low.

“I just want to thank you for saving my baby and answering so fast and doing everything they did, everything they could have done.

“I just can’t even put it in words. I am very grateful. “

Since his terrible experience, autumn has been recovering well and even smiled for the first time on Saturday night.

A spokesman for the trust said: “We are delighted that autumn is fine.

“Our teams work incredibly hard to provide the highest standards of care for all our patients and receive positive comments means a lot.”

RSV is not usually a serious illness, but elders and babies under six months have a higher risk of severely getting sick.

Symptoms may include:

– A cough that worsens

– Difficulty breathing

– Faster breathing or long spaces between breaths

– Difficulty feeding (in babies) or loss of appetite

– noisy breathing (wheezing)

Sepsis is potentially deadly and can be difficult to detect. Parents should call 999 or go to & e if your child has:

– Blue, gray, pale or stained with skin, lips or tongue – on brown or black skin, this may be easier to see in the palms of the hands or soles of the feet

– An eruption that does not fade when it rolls a glass on it, just like meningitis

– Difficulty breathing (you can notice grunt noises or that your stomach sucks under your rib cage), free or very fast breathing or breathing

– A weak and sharp cry that is not like your normal cry

– Do not respond as they normally, or not interested in food or normal activities

– Be more sleepy than normal or have difficulty awakening