Robert McCorkindale has paid a glowing tribute to his daughter
A devastated father has said that he took his young daughter to hospital A&E on three separate occasions prior to her being admitted to Intensive Care where she later died from Strep A. Five-year old after initially feeling unwell on November 26.
Mr McCorkindale paid a glowing tribute to his daughter via Mirror Online. "She was a great child, parents came up to me all the time saying they wished their children were like Stella-Lily," he added. Everyone that met her loved her. She is amazing. She didn't like it when children played alone and when she is around she was with them. She is so kind and caring and thoughtful."
A second trip ensued where another doctor helped with hydration, but by November 30, Stella-Lily's condition had severely deteriorated. Mr McCorkindale said: "By 5pm on Wednesday Stella had said 'mummy, I feel like I'm dying'. and so we took her back. "I shouted at them that we were not going anywhere until we saw a doctor. In 15 minutes, this doctor ordered tests and found she had a chest infection and they said 'we think this is toxic shock now'.
"She was a wee bit delirious but she still had her sass when she corrected doctors to say her name is 'Stella-Lily' not 'Stella'. By 3am Thursday, her whole body shut down and she died for five minutes and they brought her back. They had to keep her in an induced coma to get antibiotics in her." He added: "The only thing that breaks my heart is that I can forgive the doctor on Tuesday [November 29] because she cured her dehydration and I have no bad feelings for her."
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