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SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
George with Ollie (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which helps with s
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DUK10137827_013
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
George (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which helps with self -esteem
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DUK10137827_012
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
George and Ollie (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which helps with se
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DUK10137827_010
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
George and Ollie (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which helps with se
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DUK10137827_005
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
Ollie (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which helps with self -esteem.
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DUK10137827_023
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
Ollie (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which helps with self -esteem.
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DUK10137827_003
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
George and Ollie (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which helps with se
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DUK10137827_016
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
Ollie (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which helps with self -esteem.
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DUK10137827_006
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
Ollie (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which helps with self -esteem.
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DUK10137827_024
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
Anna, Gordon and George on holiday in Tavrira (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to se
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DUK10137827_015
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
George with Anna and Gordon (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which he
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DUK10137827_009
SCHICKSALE - Er liebt ihn wie einen Bruder: Labrador Olli und der autistische George geniessen eine besondere Verbindung
George with Anna and Gordon (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum opens up about the moving bond between her autistic son and his specially
trained golden Labrador
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has given a moving account of the amazing bond between her autistic son and
the specially trained golden Labrador he calls his 'wonder dog' and loves like a
brother.
Soon after their son, George, 10, was diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2016, fundraising consultant Anna Roche, 47, and
Gordon Mitchell, 45, who works in IT, adopted the canny canine to help him.
Now the relationship between the boy and his four-legged best friend is "astonishing,"
according to Anna, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who said: George loves Ollie more
than anything in the world and sees him as a sibling. They are always side by side.
Ollie helps regulate him and keep him safe. He will corral him like a sheepdog and
round him up if he runs off which he often does!
Anna, who plans to leave work and care for George full-time, and Gordon adopted
Ollie, now six, from a charity called Woofability, which is sadly now defunct.
We met a couple of dogs, but the charity paired Ollie with George because he was
energetic," said Anna.
He was this young, tiny, energetic thing, but he also had this calming effect, which
comes naturally to Labradors. He was loving and nurturing, and boy and dog quickly
became best pals.
Although George is fearless, he was nervous of dogs until he met Ollie. As soon as
he saw him, he was cuddling up to him.
Every day Ollie accompanies George on the 10 minute drive to sch ool and says
goodbye at the gates, before being there to meet him at the end of the day where he
laps up the attention from the other children, who all give him cuddles.
Being greeted by Ollie at the end of each day makes George really happy," said
Anna. "The welcome you get from a dog is second to none.
Hes just so happy to see George, which he
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DUK10137338_023
SCHICKSALE - Kinderschicksal: Der kleine Lennon Townsend leidet unter einer schwerwiegenden Hauterkrankung
Lennon (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the organ to co
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SCHICKSALE - Kinderschicksal: Der kleine Lennon Townsend leidet unter einer schwerwiegenden Hauterkrankung
Lennon and Poppy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the o
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Lennon and Nicola (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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Lennon (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the organ to co
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Lennon in his walker (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of t
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Lennon and Poppy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the o
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Lennon before he got poorly (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sid
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Lennon and Nicola (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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Lennon and Poppy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the o
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Lennon and his dad Leon (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides o
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Lennon and Poppy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the o
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Lennon (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the organ to co
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Lennon (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the organ to co
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Lennon and Poppy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the o
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Lennon as a baby (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the o
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Lennon and Nicola (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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Lennon before he got poorly (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sid
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Lennon in hospital as a baby with Nicola and Poppy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, whi
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Lennon with Leon and Poppy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two side
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Lennon and Poppy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the o
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Lennon in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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Lennon as he starts to recover (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two
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Lennon (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the organ to co
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Lennon as he starts to look better (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the
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Lennon in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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Lennon's leg peeling (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of t
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Lennon in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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Lennon in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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Lennon in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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Lennon as his skin starts to heal (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the t
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Lennon in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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SCHICKSALE - Kinderschicksal: Der kleine Lennon Townsend leidet unter einer schwerwiegenden Hauterkrankung
Lennon in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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SCHICKSALE - Kinderschicksal: Der kleine Lennon Townsend leidet unter einer schwerwiegenden Hauterkrankung
Lennon in hospital (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of the
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SCHICKSALE - Kinderschicksal: Der kleine Lennon Townsend leidet unter einer schwerwiegenden Hauterkrankung
Lennon's arm peeling (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum warned by doctors that her five-year-old may not survive
after he was struck down by a rare condition that caused his
skin to fall away in chunks
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A devoted mum has relived the longest weekend of her life - when she had her fiveyear-old son baptised after a rare condition caused his skin to peel off in chunks and
doctors warned he may not survive.
Already faced with a number of health conditions, including a genetic
disorder, Lennon Townsend was diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)
and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) in September, after his skin "started to slide
off," when his mum, Nicola Grantham, 34, and joiner dad Leon Townsend, 38, tried to
get him out of bed.
The rare condition affecting the skin, mucous membrane, genitals and eyes, was so
severe that he "looked like a burns victim" and was bandaged from head to toe, with
his eyes stitched shut.
When it attacked the lining of his lungs and Lennon, of Clayton -le-Moors, Lancashire,
then developed deadly sepsis - an extreme reaction to infection - concerned doctors
told his parents, who also have a daughter, Poppy, six, he was unlik ely to pull
through.
But thanks to miracle workers at Manchester Childrens Hospital, the little boy made
it and is now recovering with skin "like a newborn baby," according to Nicola, who
said: "What they have done for Lennon is nothing short of amazing.
He was very sick as he went into septic shock.
Doctors were trying everything they could, but told us to prepare for the worst. That
was on the Friday and they didnt think he would make it to Monday, so we got him
baptised.
It was the longest weekend of my life. We were just by his bedside praying he would
survive."
When Nicola was 28 weeks pregnant with Lennon, as well as finding extra fluid in her
womb, a scan had shown he was missing part of his brain, the corpus callosum, which
enables the two sides of t
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SCHICKSALE - Nach zwei Operationen am offenen Herzen: Rory Caird ist zu einem sportlichen Jungen herangewachsen
Rory will need ongoing medical intervention as he gets older. (Collect/PA Real Life) *** Mum hails football mad son who had two
open heart operations for a potentially deadly
condition within months of being born "a miracle"
By Rikki Loftus, PA Real Life
A mum-of-two has hailed her football mad son "a miracle" as the athletic youngster was
diagnosed with a potentially deadly heart condition in the womb - enduring two open heart
operations within months of being born.
Special educational needs coordinator Yasmin Caird, 41, was just 20 weeks pregnant in
2015 with her second son Rory, six, when doctors flagged something unusual at her
regular scan.
Yasmin, who lives with her IT director husband, Ben, 44, and their boys Noah, eight, and
Rory in Wokingham, Berkshire, said: As a mother, it was devastating to hear that your
baby will need major surgery once they are born.
We took in the information that the hospital gave us and tried to just take one day at a
time.
We're all incredibly proud of Rory and how far he has come since then.
She will never forget the day when a sonographer told her something looked wrong on her
baby scan.
She said: We had gone for a routine scan at 20 weeks and certainly werent expecting
anything to be wrong.
A doctor looked at the ultrasound and sent us to St Thomas in London the following day
to see a cardiology specialist there.
It was at the hospital's prenatal cardiology clinic that Yasmins baby was diagnosed with
truncus arteriosus which, according to the NHS, is a rare heart defect, occurring when the
two main arteries do not develop properly and remain as a single vessel.
This results in too much blood flowing to the lungs. Over time, this can cause breathing
difficulties and damage the blood vessels inside the lungs and is usually fatal if left
untreated.
Yasmin said: It was a massive shock and such a blur. We were told that our baby would
need surgery soon after birth. Until then, it was just a waiting gam
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SCHICKSALE - Auge verloren: Ein Foto entlarvt Augenkrebs bei der 5-jährigen Nancy
Nancy and Florence with Sonny (PA Real Life/Collect) ***Quick-thinking mum who spotted a tell-tale cancer
glow in a photo of her daughter told how the fiveyear-old had her eye removed just 17 days later
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has told how her five-year-old daughter had a life-saving operation to have an
eye removed just 17 days after a tell-tale cancer glow was spotted in a mobile phone
photo.
Victoria Hogg, 29, took a snap of her little girl, Nancy, on December 10 last year after
noticing her left eye sometimes looked inwards.
The picture sparked off a whirlwind few weeks, where the little girl was found to have
a tumour, diagnosed with retinoblastoma - cancer of the retina - and had her eye
removed on December 27.
Speaking out during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September, stay-athome mum Victoria, from Brentwood, Essex, said: Having taken that quick photo on
my phone and being able to show doctors exactly what I had seen has likely saved
her life.
Victoria, who has another daughter Florence, three, with her partner Sonny Smith, 29,
a construction worker with Crossrail, explained they had not noticed any issues with
Nancys sight, and she was progressing well with her reading and writing in her school
reception class.
But then Victoria's 15-year-old niece noticed in early December 2019 that Nancy
would occasionally go cross-eyed.
Victoria recalled: We didnt think it was anything serious, but soon after, I was
brushing her hair in the bath and noticed it myself. Her eye would occasionally turn in
towards her nose.
After she got out of the bath, I got my phone out to take a photograph to try and
confirm what I was seeing because it wasnt always there."
But looking at the picture seconds after taking it, Victoria was shocked.
I remembered reading something on social media saying that taking a picture with a
flash and looking for a glow over the eye can show cancer. There was a massive glow
over her left pupil,
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SCHICKSALE - Auge verloren: Ein Foto entlarvt Augenkrebs bei der 5-jährigen Nancy
Nancy with Victoria (PA Real Life/Collect) ***Quick-thinking mum who spotted a tell-tale cancer
glow in a photo of her daughter told how the fiveyear-old had her eye removed just 17 days later
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has told how her five-year-old daughter had a life-saving operation to have an
eye removed just 17 days after a tell-tale cancer glow was spotted in a mobile phone
photo.
Victoria Hogg, 29, took a snap of her little girl, Nancy, on December 10 last year after
noticing her left eye sometimes looked inwards.
The picture sparked off a whirlwind few weeks, where the little girl was found to have
a tumour, diagnosed with retinoblastoma - cancer of the retina - and had her eye
removed on December 27.
Speaking out during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September, stay-athome mum Victoria, from Brentwood, Essex, said: Having taken that quick photo on
my phone and being able to show doctors exactly what I had seen has likely saved
her life.
Victoria, who has another daughter Florence, three, with her partner Sonny Smith, 29,
a construction worker with Crossrail, explained they had not noticed any issues with
Nancys sight, and she was progressing well with her reading and writing in her school
reception class.
But then Victoria's 15-year-old niece noticed in early December 2019 that Nancy
would occasionally go cross-eyed.
Victoria recalled: We didnt think it was anything serious, but soon after, I was
brushing her hair in the bath and noticed it myself. Her eye would occasionally turn in
towards her nose.
After she got out of the bath, I got my phone out to take a photograph to try and
confirm what I was seeing because it wasnt always there."
But looking at the picture seconds after taking it, Victoria was shocked.
I remembered reading something on social media saying that taking a picture with a
flash and looking for a glow over the eye can show cancer. There was a massive glow
over her left pupil, and I imme
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SCHICKSALE - Auge verloren: Ein Foto entlarvt Augenkrebs bei der 5-jährigen Nancy
Nancy with Victoria and Sonny (PA Real Life/Collect) ***Quick-thinking mum who spotted a tell-tale cancer
glow in a photo of her daughter told how the fiveyear-old had her eye removed just 17 days later
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum has told how her five-year-old daughter had a life-saving operation to have an
eye removed just 17 days after a tell-tale cancer glow was spotted in a mobile phone
photo.
Victoria Hogg, 29, took a snap of her little girl, Nancy, on December 10 last year after
noticing her left eye sometimes looked inwards.
The picture sparked off a whirlwind few weeks, where the little girl was found to have
a tumour, diagnosed with retinoblastoma - cancer of the retina - and had her eye
removed on December 27.
Speaking out during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September, stay-athome mum Victoria, from Brentwood, Essex, said: Having taken that quick photo on
my phone and being able to show doctors exactly what I had seen has likely saved
her life.
Victoria, who has another daughter Florence, three, with her partner Sonny Smith, 29,
a construction worker with Crossrail, explained they had not noticed any issues with
Nancys sight, and she was progressing well with her reading and writing in her school
reception class.
But then Victoria's 15-year-old niece noticed in early December 2019 that Nancy
would occasionally go cross-eyed.
Victoria recalled: We didnt think it was anything serious, but soon after, I was
brushing her hair in the bath and noticed it myself. Her eye would occasionally turn in
towards her nose.
After she got out of the bath, I got my phone out to take a photograph to try and
confirm what I was seeing because it wasnt always there."
But looking at the picture seconds after taking it, Victoria was shocked.
I remembered reading something on social media saying that taking a picture with a
flash and looking for a glow over the eye can show cancer. There was a massive glow
over her left pupil,
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