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I get knocked down - but I'm fed up of getting up again

 Poor Mikey is still struggling, his ears and throat have improved and the rash has vanished provided we stop him scratching! But since Thursday he has found it increasingly difficult to walk and grip things with his right hand. I called the GP Thursday afternoon and got the usual 'we are fully booked and too busy - call 111' I was very proud that I didn't just hang up, but I politely said good bye and started calling and joined the queue for help. I spoke to a helpful call handler who got an emergency GP to call me very quickly - it turned out to be a dr from out GP!! I was asked to get Mikey over the Musgrove (where we had gone earlier in the week) as soon as I could, which once we had got him to the car I did! In his slippers as we couldn't get his shoes on... Dr Hussein came out as soon as we arrived and admitted he was stumped, but agreed that the rash had reduced - but Mikey's neuro reaction  was not good so he tried to call the Peadiatric A&E, but couldn&