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Scots boy saved by mum's quick thinking after 'blood vessels exploded in his brain'
08.11.2022 - 07:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots school boy who was left paralysed after tangled blood vessels exploded inside his brain managed to cheat death thanks to his mum’s quick thinking. Little Josh Pollard, from North Berwick, East Lothian, suffered four seizures in just 15 minutes after suddenly falling ill while out pumpkin picking in October 2021.
The nine-year-old’s mum Jayne called for an ambulance before being whisked to the R oyal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh. Medics discovered he had an arteriovenous malformation in his brain which had ruptured causing a blood clot to form.
Josh was rushed for emergency surgery as his parents mum and dad Ben anxiously waited for news on his condition. Dad Ben, a Sky engineer, explained: “Jayne’s son Jack, who’s 21 now, had been in hospital a lot as a child. I was nowhere near as prepared.
“It all started one afternoon, when Josh and his mum were out pumpkin picking. He’d complained of feeling sick, and Jayne rang me to tell me what was happening.
“Things escalated quickly and soon, he was completely unresponsive, so Jayne phoned an ambulance. In those 15 minutes, Josh had had four seizures – we later found out he may not have made it, had Jayne not acted so swiftly.”
The dad-of-three added: “The doctors later told us they’d likely been swelling for up to a year and had eventually exploded. This formed a clot on the left-hand side of his brain, which paralysed the entire right side of his body.
“He couldn’t walk or talk – he was essentially a new-born at nine years old. As we waited in the hospital, we were told he would have to be operated on immediately.”
Josh spent four days in intensive care and would need another operation three weeks later. After their second night, the family was
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