Ashton arrived after a seemingly normal pregnancy on the 1st of March this year. All at this stage appeared to be going well.
Unfortunately 8 weeks later Ashton became suddenly very unwell with severe breathing difficulties. An ambulance was called and en route on the hospital Ashton stopped breathing and had to be resuscitated by ambulance staff; he made it
Now under the care of the specialist paediatric immunology team, within a short time tests confirmed he had a rare genetic immune deficiency (PID), known as severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). Ashton is a very sick little boy. SCID is classed as a paediatric emergency, without urgent medical treatment this condition is life threatening.