A mum knew something was wrong during her son's MRI scan when the nurse left the room.
Adam Simpson was taken to Alder Hey by his mum, Emma, and dad, Peter, one morning after days of being unwell. The then-seven-year-old, who had not long returned from Wembley after watching Liverpool beat Man City 3-2, was "rushed" through A&E on April 27, 2022, when 111 put two symptoms together.
She told the ECHO: "He was just complaining of a sore foot but we just thought he twisted his ankle. He then couldn't get his temperature down but chicken pox was going around the school at the time so we thought it was that.
