Lisa Davey named her daughter Danielle Alice Davey after their nurse, Danielle McLardie, who helped care for them while she recovered from a rare infection. (SWNS) A teaching assistant who only found she was pregnant when she nearly died from sepsis has named her daughter after the “wonderful” nurse who treated them. Lisa Davey, 27, decided to call her miracle baby who was born 14 weeks premature, Danielle. It came after Davey was brought into A&E at Blackpool Victoria Hospital with a suspected abdominal infection in April 2018. Medics discovered she had a tiny tummy bump which they initially thought could be linked to the possible infection. LA TEEN LEFT WITH PAINFUL BLISTERS, BURNS IN SEVERE REACTION TO MEDICATION But an ultrasound revealed that Davey was actually 26 weeks pregnant and had developed HELLP syndrome – a rare liver a blood clotting disorder and condition which affects pregnant women. Her health dramatically deteriorated after she contracted sepsis and her organs started to fail. In a bid to save both mother and baby, doctors decided to take Davey for a cesarean section. Lisa Davey was actually 26 weeks pregnant and had developed HELLP syndrome – a rare liver a blood clotting disorder that can affect pregnant women — which then developed into sepsis. Tot Danielle Alice Davey was born 14 weeks early and transferred to the Neonatal Unit at Royal Preston Hospital for specialist care. Davey was moved to the intensive care unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital and only discovered she was… [Read full story]
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