REDDITCH dad Aidy Cartlidge, whose son Callum tragically died in March, is said to be on the mend after reportedly beinf rushed to hospital.
Aidy went missing on Sunday but was thankfully found, albeit seriously ill, and rushed to the Alexandra Hospital.
There his condition was described as critical but the father of three is now reportedly pulling round.
His wife Stacey has been by his bedside.
The tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Callum have left the family and friends devastated at his loss.
Callum’s aunt Anita Walsh told the Standard: “Aidy has been under so much stress and we feared the worst last night.
“I just hope he gets the support he needs now.”
She added the family had been struggling with the circumstance surrounding Callum’s death ever since he passed away.
The eight year-old Chelsea football fan had been falling ill since Christmas last year.
The family started taking him to their doctor, in one instance three times a week, without him making a full recovery.
Matters came to a head on March 2 when his doctor sent him to Worcestershire Royal Hospital for urgent treatment.
However Callum was discharged at 11pm that evening.
Aidy said of that time: “When they discharged him he was so weak he couldn’t walk. I had to carry him. I had to hold a bottle to his lips so he could drink.”
The following day Callum was rushed back to Worcester from the family’s Matchborough home, passing the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch on the way.
He died later that day in Worcestershire Royal.
Initially the family felt that if he had been treated at the Alex, instead of going all the way to Worcester, he might have survived.
However a postmortem found Callum had been suffering from Addison’s Disease, a rare condition in children but one which could have been diagnosed with a blood test and then treated.
Anita said at the time: “I thought he might have something like leukaemia. I never imagined he had a disease which they failed to pick up.
“It seems we have been let down by them all, except the ambulance crew who were absolutely brilliant.”
