Miracle Scots baby beat three deadly infections after being born 10 weeks early
deadly infections after being born 10 weeks early.April’s mum Bernadette McGhee-Jackson developed e-coli in the womb and blood poisoning two days after her waters broke.The 25-year-old’s organs began to shut down and the deadly bugs were passed on to April, whose heart rate fell so low in it failed to register on the monitor.She was born weighing just 3lb and 24 hours later, doctors at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital confirmed April also had meningitis.But after a remarkable recovery, April has celebrated the first birthday Bernadette and husband Sean Jackson, 28, feared they would never see.Bernadette, from Glasgow, said: “When she was born, we never thought that far in advance.