4-year-old boy passes away after telling mom ‘under my arm hurts’

Sheffield mom Sammy Knowles shared the grief over the sudden passing of their miracle baby, 4-year-old Jaxon Knowles.

Sammy and her husband took their son to what they believed would be a dream vacation, but the moment they returned home, the boy complained of pain under his arm.

He then went to sleep and woke up with a pain in his tummy, according to his devastated mother.

Jaxon then asked his mom to sleep in her bed, something he did when he didn’t feel fine. In order to bring his fever down, she gave him paracetamol, something she had done before for his chest infections.

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Sadly, when she woke up around 5 a.m. in the morning to check on him, she spotted the rash on his body. Initially, she thought it could be chickenpox, and it only took minutes for her to realize it was something much more serious.

The rash worsened and Sammy called the ambulance. ”His mouth and tongue started swelling, and he threw up. We called 999, and as we waited for the ambulance, he could barely breathe. We had to turn him on his side,” she shared with YorkshireLive.

When they arrived at the hospital, Jaxon’s condition was already critical. He was crying blood and doctors said they needed to put him in coma and transfer him to a children’s hospital.

Sadly, his young heart didn’t make it despite the doctor’s efforts.

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Doctors informed the parents that Jaxon Knowles suffered from meningitis. He passed away in the morning of February 17.

”I can’t believe it,” Sammy said through tears. ”He was fine just hours before. There were no signs, no symptoms of meningitis. It just came out of nowhere.

”He was our miracle baby,” the devastated mother continued. ”We spent seven years trying to have him, going through multiple rounds of IVF. After three miscarriages, he was our last hope.”

The parents of young Jaxon Knowles are now trying to raise awareness about meningitis

”If we can help even one family, that would mean everything,” dad Jordan said.

The symptoms of meningitis are sometimes hard to detect because they are common with other conditions. Some of them include severe headache, neck pain when bending forward, a stiff neck, and sometimes sensitivity to light.

As the condition progresses, symptoms include confusion, lethargy, or seizures.

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Jaxon’s family set up a charity page in order to raise funds for the charity organization Meningitis Now.

Speaking to BBC, Jason said, ”We know there was no vaccination that Jax could take, perhaps with more funding and more research things can change in the future.”

”He was everything to us,” mom Sammy said. ”Now, there’s just a void. Our house is empty. Our world is empty. We have nothing.”

Jaxon’s favorite football club, Sheffield Wednesday, will hold a tribute during their match against Sunderland.

May he rest in peace.

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