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Mum’s warning after scrape on son’s arm turns into potentially deadly sepsis – 7NEWS.com.au
The mum said she felt ‘silly’ taking her son to the GP after hours – but now she’s glad she did.
An Australian mum has taken to social media to warn other parents after an innocent-looking red mark on her sons arm turned into something much more serious.
The mum shared her story to Australian parenting information account @tinyheartseducation in the hope that other parents would be able to detect the warning signs of potentially deadly sepsis.
The anonymous writer said her eight-year-old son had fallen over during a trip to the zoo.
He took quite a bashing but once we got home I cleaned …
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