A little boy was screaming in agony and and covered head to toe in blisters after suffering a rare allergic reaction to medication.
Eight-year-old George Pemble experienced 'one of the worst cases' of allergic hospital medics had ever seeen.
George was diagnosed with epilepsy in January this year, after having three seizures in the past 12 months.
He was prescribed medication and four weeks later a red rash appeared on his cheeks.
His GP suspected Scarlet Fever but treatment for that failed to work and on 16 February, his parents, Cheryl and gas company worker Mark, 30, rushed him to William Harvey Hospital in Kent in agony.
By now the rash covered his whole body from head to toe, Mrs Pemble, 27, said.
He was so ill and screamed with agony whenever he was touched. He was refusing to drink and couldnt even swallow his medication.
"The nurses were so patient with him but his skin was turning yellow. He was so weak and couldnt stand up. He was drifting in and out of sleep.
He cant even remember me taking him into hospital. He kept saying, Im really sorry, and I was saying, why?
He said, because I am ill. He was really emotional."
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Boy, 8, covered in blisters in mouth and eyes from allergic reaction to epilepsy medicine