Six-year-old Jake Bond is being heralded as a "true hero", keeping a brave face despite having his leg amputated as a result of Strep A.
Strep A, a.k.a group A streptococcus, according to the NHS website is a type of common bacteria found on the skin, which can cause disease.
Although usually mild cases, Strep A infections can sometimes pose a more serious threat, like that of Jake Bond.
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The schoolboy caught the infection in December 2022 and was left fighting for his life in hospital.
Jake was initially sent home from school on December 1, vomiting and running a fever – common symptoms of Strep A.
Over the next couple of days, his condition worsened and the six-year old was rushed to Royal Blackburn hospital.
After four gruelling weeks of hospital treatment, Jake's condition unfortunately developed into sepsis.
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The schoolboy quickly deteriorated, experiencing a respiratory arrest, and doctors had no choice but to put him on a ventilator.
After being transferred to Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Bond's mother Victoria was told her son only had a 5% chance of survival.
Victoria recalls the scary time: “He was not meant to survive and was one of the sickest boys in the hospital.
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“We are so lucky that Jake is still with us and that he survived Strep A, but at the same time he lost his leg.
“His toes had died back in December when all of this began so we knew some amputation was going to happen, we just didn’t know how much of the leg they were going to save.
“At that time all that mattered was Jake’s life.”
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The Lancashire mum-of-two says Jake is excited to receive a bionic leg: “Jake can’t wait to get his bionic leg soon and hopes to return to school and be able to do all the things he has missed out on."
The brave chap is coping well, even nicknaming his leg, says Victoria: She said: “Jake woke up from surgery and wanted to see his stump, he called it Peanut as that’s what it looked like.
“He is a true hero, he has his good days and bad but his strong, independent self and silly sense of humour has got him through this."
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