Girl died from sepsis after GP sent her home twice

An eight-year-old miss died from sepsis aft she was sent location from the GP doubly successful 4 hours, her parents said.

Mia Glynn, from Biddulph, Staffordshire, had been vomiting and complaining of a sore pharynx and atrocious headache for 3 days.

Her GP gave her antibiotics and said the infirmary was excessively engaged to help, but parents Soron and Katie Glynn called 999 aboriginal that nighttime erstwhile Mia's lips turned blue.

She died successful infirmary with her origin of decease ruled arsenic sepsis caused by Strep A infection.

Her parents, who person spoken for the archetypal clip astir losing their daughter, are present taking ineligible enactment implicit the calamity successful 2022.

“The unbelievable and unbearable symptom we consciousness is unexplainable and unimaginable," Mrs Glynn said.

"Our beauteous steadfast miss was the happiest, brightest, astir loving and caring miss who smiled, danced, brought joyousness and emotion to everyone she met."

Mia started complaining of a sore pharynx connected 5 December and her parents took her to spot a doc 3 days aboriginal erstwhile she developed a somesthesia and terrible headache.

Later that day, Mrs Glynn took her girl backmost to the country acrophobic implicit her information and the doc called a infirmary for a 2nd opinion.

The 37-year-old was advised to instrumentality Mia location arsenic the infirmary was full. She was sent location with antibiotics and was advised to springiness Mia fluids and ibuprofen.

Her parents called the ambulance soon aft 03:00 GMT connected 9 December aft Mia woke up with rashes connected her arms and legs.

Mr Glynn, 39, said panic acceptable successful erstwhile Mia's lips turned blue.

"I said to the ambulance woman is [Mia] going to beryllium ok, but they said they were doing each that they tin and I knew then," she said,

"Shortly aft that they started doing CPR."

At infirmary Mia was fixed intravenous fluids and antibiotics but went into suspected septic shock, suffering a cardiac arrest.

Doctors tried to resuscitate her but she died astir 20 minutes later.

Mrs Glynn, a self-employed hairdresser, said: "We’ll ne'er get implicit the symptom of losing Mia particularly successful the mode we did."

“Our hearts hurts each 2nd since Mia’s bosom stopped.

"But we volition ever marque definite Mia volition beryllium remembered successful the astir peculiar way.”

Mr Glynn, an engineering teacher, added: “Seeing Mia successful her last moments was awful.

"We consciousness truthful blessed that she was our girl but are wholly heartbroken that Mia was taken from america truthful soon."

The mates said their absorption present was connected raising consciousness of the dangers of sepsis.

More than £40,000 has been raised successful her representation done a assortment of fundraising events and the household has donated much than £16,000 to the UK Sepsis Trust.

Victoria Zinzan of Irwin Mitchell is representing the mates successful their assertion of aesculapian negligence.

“Mia was a cherished girl and sister whose decease has had a devastating interaction connected her family," she said.

“Understandably her loved ones proceed to person a fig of concerns astir her decease and the circumstances surrounding it.

“Sadly done our enactment we spot excessively galore families affected by sepsis; with Mia’s decease vividly highlighting the dangers of the condition."