Tragic boy, 9, dies days after being sent home from A&E with suspected flu

A nine-year-old boy was sent home from hospital with suspected flu just days before he died after being diagnosed with a ruptured appendix, an inquest has heard.

Dylan's dad said his son had a "quirky sense of humour" and enjoyed learning computer coding and science at school. The boy was not sent to school as as his parents were worried about him passing on any illness or picking up something like Strep A. However, Dylan's symptoms did not improve and he complained of intermittent abdominal pain, was too unwell to attend school and was not eating.

He was transferred to the University Hospital of Wales where he underwent an appendectomy. Sadly, he died just four days later on December 14. She said she "doesn't recall" asking Dylan or his dad how severe the abdominal pain was but noted he had expressed several times that the pain was worst on the left side.

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