Jace’s headache almost killed him, but his mum stepped in
Kylee Noakes, 42, Ballarat, Vic
B ounding into the kitchen after school one day last August, my son, Jace, eight, turned to me. ‘Mum, can I go next door and play?’ he asked. ‘Sure,’ I said, but five minutes later, he was back.
‘I’ve got a bad headache,’ he said. ‘I’m going to go to bed.’
Also mum to three other kids, Tanesha, 16, Izzy, 14, and Trinity, 12, I’d normally brush off something like a headache, but as Jace never complained and was almost in tears, alarm bells rang.
‘Have a shower first,’ I suggested, thinking cool water might help.
He seemed unsteady, so I helped him to the bathroom and sat him down in the shower.
‘I’ll grab…
