Boy, 15, felt sharp pain in his stomach and was paralysed just 24 hours later A schoolboy was left paralysed from the neck down and hooked up to a ventilator in hospital just 24 hours after experiencing sharp stomach pains.
The illness left him paralysed from the neck down, his bladder and bowel stopped working and his diaphragm was paralysed on the left side, causing his left lung to collapse, reports the Manchester Evening News.
His mum, Hena, rushed him to A&E immediately and by 8am the next day Ayuub was on oxygen and transferred to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital where he was sedated and ventilated in the Intensive Care Unit for three months.
Ayuub Al-Asad, from Rochdale, first felt the pains on March 19 this year and as his symptoms worsened, he began to feel pins and needles in his legs which soon became heavy and numb.
We also hope to raise awareness about this devastating condition for other families to be aware of the signs and symptoms and how to get the support and help needed from Spinal Injuries Association and other charities.
