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A mother has told how her seven-year-old daughter with asthma died days after she ‘begged’ doctors to up her inhaler and medication.
Little Bonnie Haydon passed away in her mother’s arms at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children on August 29 after suffering with asthma from a young age.
Her symptoms became more severe in July, according to her mother Tasmine Nichols, resulting in regular trips to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
Less than three weeks before her death, the grieving mother claims she asked healthcare professionals to increase the strength of Bonnie’s inhaler and medication.
But, according to Ms Nichols, her request was denied and her child was sent home.
Paying tribute to Bonnie, the heartbroken mother said: ‘Bonnie was loved by all her family members, she was honestly the most sassy, funny, beautiful girl you could ever meet.’
She added: ‘Bonnie was doing fine over the years until this year [when] she was in and out of Derriford Hospital since July.
‘On her second admission, August 10, I begged the doctors to up her inhaler and medication which they refused and she was sent home.’
Bonnie Haydon, seven, passed away in her mother’s arms at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children on August 29
Ms Nichols said she took her daughter back to hospital 12 days later, where Bonnie was ‘playing’ and ‘singing’ – ‘everything a child would do’.
She was then allegedly placed into an induced coma a few days later on August 26, before doctors informed Ms Nichols her daughter had no brain activity.
‘At first I was told they were going to sedate her, so she can get a little bit of rest as she was very tired, but when I walked back in I was then told she had to be placed into a coma [and] I never got an answer as to why,’ the mother claimed.
‘Sadly [Bonnie] never came out of the coma. She was later rushed to Bristol where she was doing so well until 9am in the morning.’
The mother said that on August 28, Bonnie was taken for an MRI to check on her brain.
‘I then had to find out that my baby girl had absolutely no brain activity at all,’ Ms Nichols said.
‘Bristol Hospital was amazing, they explained everything and never kept us in the dark.’
On August 29, Bonnie was sadly let go, and passed away in her mother’s arms.
A friend of the family, Charlie Wilkinson, has set up a GoFundMe to help with funds for Bonnie’s funeral.
Tasmine Nichols (right) claims she begged doctors to increase her daughter’s medication and inhaler before her death
Posting on the fundraiser, Mr Wilkinson wrote: ‘Bonnie was one of a kind. Her beautiful little soul made her impossible not to love. She lit up every single room she walked into and left everyone smiling.
‘Bonnie was sadly failed by the health professionals who were meant to help her.
‘She was placed in an induced coma, and not long after her family had to face the unthinkable, turning her machine off. On that heartbreaking day Bonnie passed away so peacefully in her mum Tasmine’s arms.’
He added: ‘Now Tasmine is trying to survive every parent’s worst nightmare, planning a funeral for her baby girl.
‘Bonnie deserves the most beautiful and special send off and we want to help take that stress away so her family can focus on saying goodbye.
‘Every single penny will go towards giving Bonnie the most stunning and special day, one that shows just how loved she was and always will be. She will forever be seven, forever loved, and forever missed.’
The Daily Mail has contacted University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust for comment.
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Mother begged doctors for medication for her seven-year-old daughter’s asthma… days later she was dead