Ned's Story

A couple who lost one of their identical twin baby sons to flu are campaigning alongside KGH for people to be vaccinated to prevent such tragedies happening to others.

Nikki Shaw and Dan Rowe, from Market Harborough, had their sons Ned and Gus on December 7, 2018, at Leicester Royal Infirmary.

The twins went home with their parents as normal and everything was fine for the next six weeks.

On the morning of January 24 Ned woke around 6am and fed normally - but within minutes Nikki noticed something was wrong. He was rushed to KGH by ambulance and revived before being transferred later the same day to a paediatric intensive care bed at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridgeshire.

He was on life support for 12 days at Addenbrookes but tragically succumbed to a rare complication of flu which meant he was unable to breathe for himself.

Nikki and Dan, who are both teachers, wanted something positive to come from his death and are campaigning for more people to be aware of the dangers flu presents and to be vaccinated.

Please show your support for Nikki and Dan’s campaign in memory of Ned by being vaccinated to protect yourself, your family and all those close to you.

Also you can show your support by commenting on our page and by sharing this message with your own friends.

We would like to thank Dan and Nikki once again for their courage in sharing Ned’s story and for their support for their local hospital and community.

Ned was one of 1,692 people who lost their lives to flu in the 2018-19 flu season

[chrisandrews]

Thank you for sharing this - it is so important that your message gets through to safeguard children who are at their most vulnerable. So very brave of you both