8 years ago
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The little boy who lost 65% of his skin and spent three days on life-support - all because he took ibuprofen (PHOTOS)
An 11-year-old boy suffered 65 per cent burns to his body after suffering a horrific allergic reaction to the painkiller ibuprofen.
Calvin Lock reacted so severely to the over-the-counter medicine that he was put on a life support machine for three days and rushed to a specialist burns hospital.
The youngster, from Littleport, Cambridgeshire, is now making a good recovery after his terrifying brush with death.
Calvin's ordeal began on September 26 when he was given the painkiller to tackle a viral infection.
The schoolboy woke up the next morning with a rash on his face and a slight swelling to his ear.
Doctors mistakenly thought he had chickenpox and gave him more antibiotics which, the following day, had caused the swelling and rashes to spread across his body.
His parents, Robyn Moult, 38, and Daryn Chambers, 47, were told by NHS Direct that he was having an allergic reaction and that he should be taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, urgently.
Doctors at the hospital also mistook his symptoms for chickenpox and sent him home with yet more antibiotics, which left him unable to walk, talk or see by the following morning.
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