Brave Dylan

GRANDMA Marie Dunlea, Dylan Fitton, Stonelleigh Academy Form Teacher Tracey Edgington, and Sonia Wild (PTA Chairman) ahead of tomorrow’s fund-raising event.

TERRIFYING and unexplained coughing fits left a little boy fighting for life not once but four times in less than two days.

Dylan Fitton (6) first stopped breathing at his home in Higginshaw Village forcing his uncle, Liam Fairfoull, to make a desperate mouth to mouth attempt to save him while ambulance call handlers gave life-saving instructions over the phone.

He was rushed to Oldham Hospital but had another while waiting to be seen in accident and emergency. After he was revived his mum Leanne was told another minute and her son would have been dead.

Dylan went on to have another two attacks requiring doctors to restart his heart and he spent two weeks in Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital back in December.

Leanne says although Dylan suffers from asthma they’ve been told by doctors they don’t think that’s the cause of the life-threatening coughing fits.

While they wait for an endoscopy to investigate the cause Leanne says the family’s lives have been turned upside and they live in constant fear of it happening again.

“It’s been horrendous,” said Leanne (27).

“He was watching the telly when it happened.