Mum's terror as little boy, 4, rushed to intensive care after catching chicken pox

A mum was told to prepare for the worst after her son was rushed into intensive care after catching chicken pox. Brave Gerard Price, four, has spent the last three years battling cancer, but mum Danielle Riley received the "worst news" at the end of July when chicken pox led to her son being rushed into intensive care.

Despite being told he may not pull through, the youngster is now back on a ward after over a week on a ventilator. Back in 2019, Gerard, known as G for short, banged his head on a baby gate leaving a mark which eventually turned into a lump.

But when the lump turned a "funny colour", Danielle said she was back and forth to her GP and hospitals trying to find out what was wrong, reports the Echo . The lump continued to grow until it was "over his eyebrow", his worried parents decided to take him to Alder Hey's A&E department - tests showed G had Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with a mutation.

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For the next three years, the brave youngster underwent "endless" rounds of chemotherapy and was eventually given the news he was in remission. But G soon took a turn for the worse when last month he became seriously unwell.

Danielle, from Crosby, said : "He's had a really tough ride throughout the last three years since he was diagnosed. But on the Saturday, I took him to hospital to get him checked because he had spots on him.

"We were told it was viral but on the Sunday he was in bad pain with his tummy and was screaming for me to take him to the hospital. Doctors thought he had constipation but with the rash they thought he also had chicken pox so he was treated for that.

"But on the Monday his breathing was getting