Nobody would listen, but Caroline Hadfield knew there was something dreadfully wrong with her five-year-old son Josh. Not only was her once lively boy constantly falling asleep, but he would often stay asleep for 18 or 19 hours a day.
‘It was as if something in him was shutting down,’ says Caroline. ‘His legs would crumble beneath him. Sometimes he would just pass out. It was terrifying. We kept taking him to hospital but they said there was nothing wrong with him.
‘One day, he was sitting on a bed in a ward and he seemed to go into a trance. A nurse took one look at him at said: “I have no idea what planet he’s on, but it isn’t this one.”’
Only after months of inconclusive tests and mistaken reassurances from medics that everything was fine did the real reason for Josh’s condition become clear — he had developed a rare and devastating condition called narcolepsy.
Two years on, he has been identified as one of a group of children who developed this crippling sleep disorder after receiving a jab to protect them against swine flu. Full story...
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‘It was as if something in him was shutting down,’ says Caroline. ‘His legs would crumble beneath him. Sometimes he would just pass out. It was terrifying. We kept taking him to hospital but they said there was nothing wrong with him.
‘One day, he was sitting on a bed in a ward and he seemed to go into a trance. A nurse took one look at him at said: “I have no idea what planet he’s on, but it isn’t this one.”’
Only after months of inconclusive tests and mistaken reassurances from medics that everything was fine did the real reason for Josh’s condition become clear — he had developed a rare and devastating condition called narcolepsy.
Two years on, he has been identified as one of a group of children who developed this crippling sleep disorder after receiving a jab to protect them against swine flu. Full story...
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