Heartbroken parents pay tribute to 'bubbly' baby girl who tragically died two days after first birthday
10.11.2022 - 14:07
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The devastated parents of a baby girl who tragically died two days before her first birthday have paid a touching tribute to their "bubbly" little one. Maddison Rose Patricia Halliday sadly passed away in Manchester Children's Hospital on October 21.
She was rushed to the hospital when her worried parents, Josh and Shannon, noticed she was behaving out of character. The normally "bouncy" youngster, who "loved singing and dancing", had stopped eating properly and had become "feverish", Manchester Evening News reports
Maddison had been taken to the doctors multiple times since February this year after she had battled a number of viral infections in the lead up to her death. The toddler's provisional cause of death has been noted as 1A Meningococcal serotype B septicaemia, following a post mortem which Manchester coroners' office is currently investigating.
According to the NHS, meningococcal septicaemia is a severe blood stream infection which can develop rapidly and kill someone within hours. Maddison had been displaying common symptoms of the illness, including drowsiness, high temperature, a fever, being unresponsive and refusing to eat.
Dad Josh, 22, told Manchester Evening News: "She wasn't herself on the Thursday at all. It just felt like something was really off. You know when your own child isn't themselves at home. She wasn't eating, or doing anything normal. And we would shout her and she wouldn't respond, she was dazed and distant."
The youngster was first taken to North Manchester General and then rushed to Manchester Children's Hospital, where she was put on life support. The tot's health quickly declined after she suffered four cardiac arrests. Big purple blotches also began to form on her skin and she started