When Wunmi Babalola took her baby into Birmingham Children's Hospital A&E, nothing could have prepared her for what happened. The receptionist took one look at little Kayode and immediately called for a nurse. Upon seeing him herself, the nurse grabbed him into her arms and ran with him through the ward.
Wunmi was left stood, holding her pram, shocked by their actions. Coming to her senses, she started to run too. Kayode had been born three weeks early, weighing 5lb 7oz.
All had been well when they came home from hospital but, within a couple of weeks, Wunmi got the feeling that something wasn't quite right. She took him to her GP but was told not to worry. Returning to her GP a second time, she was advised to take him to A&E if she wasn't happy.
So that's what she did and he was whisked away into intensive care. Read more: Grieving mum's tears for 'perfect son' who never met his little brother "I took him to A&E at the children's hospital and the receptionist came round to see him and immediately called a nurse," said Wunmi from Kings Norton . The nurse took one look at him, grabbed him and ran with him.
It was so scary. I was just left stood with my pram thinking oh my god what's going on? Then I ran too." Over time, tests showed that an infection had led to sepsis, causing a catastrophic brain injury.
"The hospital staff were amazing but it was just bad news after bad news," she explained. "Then we had the news you never want to hear. We were told he wasn't going to surviv.