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05.05.2023 - 16:13 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Heartbroken parents have paid tribute to their "warrior" Scots baby who died suddenly having battled a rare condition. Little Charlie McKeekin was just 14-months-old when he died on April 19 having suddenly stopped breathing at home.
The tot, from Renfrew, was diagnosed with Charge Syndrome - a complex genetic disease that can cause extensive difficulties that differ from child to child - among a number of conditions when he was born. Charlie was in and out of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital throughout his short life, having undergone surgery and a number of treatments.
Charlie's health appeared stable and he was experiencing no unusual symptoms before he rapidly deteriorated. One the day of his death Dad Brian McKeekin, 43, said it was like his son suddenly "switched off" and stopped breathing.
An ambulance rushed the youngster to hospital, but medics were unable to save his life. Mum Victoria Mansfield, 36, told how her "heart has been ripped out her chest" since Charlie's passing.
She told the Record: "The day he passed it was so sudden. His eyes rolled to the back of his head and he just stopped breathing. I screamed and I phoned 999 as Brian started doing chest compressions.
"When we got to hospital the doctor told us it wasn't good news, there was nothing they could do and we should go and say goodbye.
"I am totally distraught. It feels like my heart has been ripped out of my chest."
Brian added: "It was like he was suddenly a different baby. I've never seen anything like it in my life, it was like someone had just switched an off button.
"When we got to the hospital we were expecting him to be in Resus and for them to tell us it would be fine. We feel like we have been
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