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Toddler suffers brain damage after Easter egg hunt

<p dir="ltr">A young boy who suffered brain damage after a fun weekend may lose his toes and fingers after contracting a life threatening disease.</p> <p dir="ltr">Teddie was “bouncing around” with his siblings during an exciting Easter egg hunt on Good Friday but it was two days later when he woke up with a temperature.</p> <p dir="ltr">Mother Zoe Stewart noticed a pink looking bruise on his forehead which had then spread all over his stomach. </p> <p dir="ltr">Teddie’s condition began to rapidly deteriorate and he was rushed to hospital where he was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and septicaemia.</p> <p dir="ltr">The doctors said it was too late to wait for the painkillers to kick in and they had to drill into Teddie’s shin bones.</p> <p dir="ltr">“He was starting to bleed from his mouth and his nose, it was just terrifying,” Zoe told The Mirror.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We were told what all parents never want to hear, that we needed to understand there was a chance Teddie may not make it as he has a life-threatening infection.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Teddie was transferred to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital where he spent two weeks in the ICU - all while his parents feared the worst.</p> <p dir="ltr">Eventually he was taken off life support and began breathing on his own, however, he has suffered some brain damage of which the long term effects are still unknown. </p> <p dir="ltr">A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-little-teddies-parents?qid=ac29c369ef749c5c5d13b40672d8bdf7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GoFundMe</a> page has been created to help the family. </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: GoFundMe</em></p>

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Heartbreak after Osama Subuh's parents unable to attend funeral

<p><span>The distraught parents of a 15-year-old boy who died in a Sydney hospital while infected with COVID-19 are reeling after being unable to attend his funeral.</span><br /><br /><span>Their son, Osama Subuh, sadly transmitted the virus to his mother and father who are currently hospitalised.</span><br /><br /><span>"They are absolutely distraught they were unable to bury their boy themselves," a family member told <em>The Daily Telegraph.</em></span><br /><br /><span>"What’s happened is so sad, he was such a beautiful happy kid. They can’t believe he’s gone."</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843178/osama-subuh-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/eba1117c0c49414e82224d6638cb1ee2" /></p> <p><em>Image: Supplied</em><br /><br /><span>Osama was hospitalised with pneumococcal meningitis however family say the virus seriously deteriorated his condition.</span><br /><br /><span>His family believe he contracted COVID at KFC Punchbowl where he works part time.</span><br /><br /><span>It was also the location of a large outbreak in Western Sydney.</span><br /><br /><span>Osama has been remembered as a “gentle soul”.</span><br /><br /><span>“Osama was also active in our school community, which made him well-liked and respected,” Kingsgrove High School said in a statement.</span><br /><br /><span>Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce told Channel Seven's Sunrise his death is a "tragedy".</span><br /><br /><span>Osama is the youngest person in Australia to die with coronavirus.</span></p>

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The Wiggles' Anthony Field's shocking health battle after high-fiving fans

<div> <div class="replay"> <div class="reply_body body linkify"> <div class="reply_body"> <div class="body_text "> <p>The Wiggles’ Anthony Field has revealed that he has been struggling with a viral brain condition that he likely contracted from young fans.</p> <p>Speaking on the <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.who.com.au/anthony-field-viral-meningitis" target="_blank"><em>WHO ARE YOU</em></a> podcast, the singer and musician said the illness left him unable to exercise for up to three years.</p> <p>“I got viral meningitis, which the doctors say I probably got from the audience, high-fiving children and not using the hand sanitiser,” said Field.</p> <p>“That was dreadful. It was 2-3 years ago, and now I’ve just started getting back into exercise.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BtSjhLvg5pa/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BtSjhLvg5pa/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by The Wiggles (@thewiggles)</a> on Jan 30, 2019 at 11:05pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The brain lining infection was another struggle for the 55-year-old Blue Wiggle, who has also been battling with clinical depression and anxiety for years.</p> <p>He said his mental health problem has led him to have extremely negative thoughts and anxiety attacks in the past. “If there’s a big wave at the beach, I’d seriously think everyone’s going to get killed,” he said. </p> <p>“Crazy stuff like that, if there’s any bump on the plane I’m sure it’s going to go down.</p> <p>“I’ve been on the Westgate Bridge, I was driving the car and had an anxiety attack where the bridge was rocking and it was going to fall.</p> <p>“I stopped the car in the middle of the bridge. I was frozen with fear. That’s how bad it was.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BrY_bWOgJWJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BrY_bWOgJWJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by The Wiggles (@thewiggles)</a> on Dec 14, 2018 at 6:02pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>In a 2018 interview with the ABC’s <em>Anh’s Brush With Fame</em>, Field said the depression that he has been dealing with since his teenage years made him feel isolated, despite the fame from being in the children’s musical group. </p> <p>“You’re in a crowd with people and you feel like you’re the only person who feels like that. They don’t understand me. No one understands me. No one gets me.”</p> <p>He said he still enjoyed performing, but struggled once the curtains closed. </p> <p>“It’s just when you come off stage you were back to being, ‘Jeez!’” he said.</p> <p>“I’d be in the dressing rooms bloody bawling my eyes out by myself, after you’d just played to, you know, a couple of thousand people.”</p> <p>In the podcast, Field said he had learnt to manage his conditions since then with medication, therapy sessions, dietary changes and hypnotherapy.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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