A DEVASTATED mum has told how her two-year-old son died from a brain injury just days after doctors dismissed his symptoms as constipation.
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Hudson Cole Perrins died on June 27, just four days after he was taken by his dad to New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton with severe stomach pain.
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The tot had a serious medical history of heart, kidney and bladder issues, but was sent home on the evening of June 23 with a constipation diagnosis.
Heartbroken mum Kayleigh Taundry has claimed staff took the most “obvious” route and demands answers from the hospital in regards to his treatment.
She told Mail Online: “The ground’s just opened up and we’ve all just fallen into a black hole, and we don’t want this to happen again.
“You think, what if? What if it was a day shift, what if I took him – it’s all just what ifs?
“We are all still in denial. I can’t put it into words — he was a beautiful boy.”
The toddler was just a month a way from turning three years old and was finally starting to develop alongside his peers, according to Kayleigh who works for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
She added: “He was very cheeky and boisterous, but really loving as well.
“He really loved a cuddle and was really affectionate – he was our baby.
“As a family, we just want lessons to be learned and we don’t want any other family to go through everything that we’ve been through because it’s just devastating.”
When Hudson was rushed to hospital by his father, Greg, doctors felt his tummy and gave him two suppositories and an enema before sending him home.
Greg had been updated Kayleigh throughout the A&E visit but it was throughout the night so she wasn’t aware of the situation until the next morning.
She said: “By that time everything had already happened.”
He hadn’t had a bowel movement and no other cause of the hardness in his stomach apart from constipation was looked into.
Kayleigh asked why was no urine sample taken, especially in light of her son’s previous bladder and kidney problems.
She returned with her partner Shannon Waightman the day after he was discharged, when Hudson started to have seizures.
He was quickly taken to Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at a Birmingham Children’s Hospital and was placed on life support.
Hudson died three day later due to sepsis from a UTI which had spread to the kidney and went on to cause a severe brain injury.
She is adamant the Hudson’s father isn’t to blame but thinks hospital staff should have made more of an effort to contact her about her son’ s ordeal.
Kayleigh believes she should have been notified by the hospital as she would have been able to advocate for him a bit more.
“I know Hudson inside and out and, with having a medical background, I feel I could have pushed for some things, because I know what should have been done and what was available to be carried out.”
A spokesperson for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust told The Sun they cannot comment until the inquest has finished.
This is due to be heard at Black Country Coroner’s Court on December 5 and 9.
Kayleigh and Shannon have since started an event planning business to distract themselves from their grief called Hudsy Bears – a name inspired by the late toddler.
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