Leeds mum tells of holiday killer bug nightmare
23.04.11
A YOUNG mum has recalled the nightmare experience that almost claimed her daughter's life.
On the eve of World Meningitis Day tomorrow, beauty therapist Kelly Wilson, 29, of Churwell, Morley, said Charley was so lucky to survive after falling ill in Bulgaria.
The little girl, now eight, was just two and a half when she had her near-death experience. Doctors in the former Communist country did not expect her to survive.
She came out in purple blotches, had stomach cramps and fits and her heart rate was 163 beats a minute.
"The doctors in Bulgaria said they did not know what was wrong with her," said Kelly, "but they were treating her for meningitis. We heard later she had meningococcal septicaemia.
"She was kept in a horrible hospital but in fact they saved her life. We saw buckets full of syringes and the places was so dirty - it was awful. A nurse said to me: 'You bring this from England.' She was horrible.
"The doctors moved Charley to what I can only call a back street dump. There were bars on the windows and doors and armed guards were outside. They would only allow one parent in the room with Charley and they physically kept my partner Neil out.
"All the time, the doctors were asking: When is the insurance paying?"
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