A rash on her fingers in June.
Something small. Easy to explain away.
“She didn’t have any medical issues,” her mum said later. “She wasn’t ill at all.”
By early July, things had changed—but not in a way that immediately set off alarm bells. Her face became swollen, puffy around the eyes. A rash spread along her arm.
It still looked like an allergy.
That’s what the GP thought too. Antihistamines. Hydrocortisone. Routine treatment for something that should settle.
But it didn’t.
Days passed, and the swelling stayed. Then came the breathlessness—subtle at first, but enough to worry her.
So she went to A&E.
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