When Paul last had to call an ambulance, the family had to wait 45 minutes - despite Levi bleeding heavily from the head and having seizures after falling down the stairs.
When Paul last had to call an ambulance - while the family were away on holiday - they had to wait 45 minutes, despite the fact Levi was bleeding heavily from the head. He had fallen while having a seizure and hit his head on a door frame."Once the seizures had stopped, he gets graded down to a category two, so the wait gets longer.
"It's disgraceful," said Paul."Something needs to be done to fix this. These are life-saving appointments for the boys." "We are now reviewing how the supply of these sorts of items works better for any families in the same situation in the future."The teens are very underweight, so they have to be syringe fed fibre drinks from a dietician, but the hospital has said they can't prescribe them any more.But a communication breakdown left them without the required food for two months.
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