His Parents Are Warned He Might Have Meningitis, But They Don't Listen. Now He's Lost All Four Of His Limbs.

When eight-year-old Kye Vincent learned that doctors would have to amputate his hands and legs, he screamed to his mom, “Don’t take my legs, mummy.” But Cheryl Vincent wasn’t about to stop the doctors from saving her son from meningitis.

Despite having been vaccinated when he was younger, Kye was infected with meningococcal septicaemia earlier this year. Meningitis can be caused by bacterial or viral infections and results in swelling in the brain and spinal cord. If gone untreated, meningitis infections can cause patients to lose limbs.

Tragically, for Kye Vincent, this was the case.

The previous night, Kye’s parents had put him to bed early because his symptoms – a fever, headache, and general sentiment of feeling unwell – had just seemed like the onset of the flu.

When Kye woke up in the morning though, he yelled for his parents because he couldn’t feel his legs at all. Luke, Kye’s father, attempted to pick Kye up and set him on his feet. But Kye’s legs just gave way.

That was when the Vincents phoned for an ambulance.

Bruises were forming all over Kye’s body by the time they arrived at the hospital and certain body parts were cold to the touch. Doctors were rushing to get Kye into the emergency room, hoping to put him into a medically induced coma to save his life and body as best they could.

Six weeks later, Kye was woken up from the coma. Doctors determined that they would still have to remove the infected, damaged tissue on his legs and both his hands.

Although Kye initially screamed and fought against the news they doctors would be taking his legs and hands, he woke up from the amputation surgery to say to his mom, “Look Mum, I can move better and I’m not in as much pain.”

Now, it’s been six months since Kye’s initial infection. He’s recovering well from his surgeries, and his family couldn’t be more thrilled to see him begin walking and writing again – all thanks to new prosthetics from his doctors.

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The family is hoping to fundraise some money to help cover Kye’s medical bills, so if you can donate, please do so here.