Boy left fighting for his life with mum convinced he'd developed sepsis from biting his nails
sepsis infection from biting his nails.Young Dylan Holliday was taken to his GP last month after his worried mum Kay Mitchell suspected he had a finger infection from gnawing on his nails.But a week after his GP visit, Dylan had to be rushed to hospital in an ambulance as his condition had deteriorated rapidly and he was struggling to stand.He was screaming in pain and having episodes where he was delusional and even began to hallucinate.The boy was losing consciousness and his 37-year-old mum began to fear her son may be suffering with deadly sepsis. But the family were given the shock of their lives when doctors diagnosed him as having Type 1 diabetes which was the cause of his health problems.