A 13-YEAR-OLD girl in "unbearable" pain asked her mum if she would die hours before she passed away from sepsis amid alleged delays in treatment. Chloe Longster was complaining of cold and flu symptoms before being taken to A&E on November 28, 2022. She was admitted to the paediatric ward at Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire that evening and later transferred to intensive care, where she died the following morning.
At an inquest which began on Monday, Chloe's mother Louise Longster told assistant coroner Sophie Lomas that pain relief for her daughter was "delayed". Her parents were "devastated" by her death, which they believe was "completely preventable". Mrs Longster, 40, told Northampton Coroner's Court that her daughter was "wincing and squirming" from pain while in hospital.
READ MORE ON SEPSIS "Chloe asked if she could be put to sleep because it was unbearable," she added. "I remember thinking how pale and clammy she looked. "It's harrowing to see your own child in so much pain.
"She was clock-watching constantly - she knew when her paracetamol and ibuprofen were due and it was always delayed. Most read in Health "It was like we were chasing her pain rather than getting on top of it. "Chloe asked me if she was going to die.
It's haunting that the 13-year-old was the one that was right. It's devastating." Mrs Longster, from Foxton, Leicestershire , said she heard Chloe's chest "crackling" as she lay in the hospital bed, which she flagged to a nurse.
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