An 18-month-old boy has spent 19 days in hospital and suffered kidney failure after eating seagull poo in his back garden.
Jaydon Pritchard has now been released from hospital but is still taking a cocktail of medication and is "still not out of the woods".
Grandparents Arwel and Christine look after Jaydon with his mother Tiffany at their home in Amlwch in Anglesey, reports NorthWalesLive.
Arwel said Jaydon fell ill at the start of April, and they took him to see a doctor when he was still unwell on April 6.
Jaydon was sent to Ysbyty Gwynedd district hospital in Bangor but doctors thought he had a virus, and he was sent home.
Arwel said the next day Jaydon "didn't do anything apart from sleep and be sick" until they heard a "horrible noise coming from his cot".
Jaydon with his grandparents Arwel and Christine (Image: Arwel Pricthard)
Arwel said: "He was having a fit, so we called for an ambulance straight away. He had another fit before the ambulance arrived and another three fits on the way to the hospital. It was like he was looking through you. He didn't recognise anyone.
"There was a point where we really thought we were going to lose him. It was horrific."
Jaydon was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd then medics from Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool were sent to collect him.
The 18-month-old spent 19 days in Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool (Image: Arwel Pritchard)
Jaydon was connected to a dialysis machine and given three blood transfusions.
Arwel said: "The doctors diagnosed him with kidney failure and told us that he had e. coli poisoning from having ingested the seagull faeces.
"We were fearing the worst at the time, seeing his little body hooked up to the dialysis machine and his face turned yellow."
Christine said: "I clean the patio every day, but it's difficult because the seagulls are nesting nearby and it's a constant mess to clean up," she said.
"Poor Jaydon is on all sorts of medications now, we just hope that he's not suffered any permanent issues. He's still not himself, he's still quite grey, but he's getting there slowly.
"Young children are constantly putting things in their mouth and we hope that this ordeal can serve as reminder for parents and guardians to make sure that their children are playing in a safe environment, particularly when they're outside."
Jaydon will have to return to both hospitals several times in the coming weeks and months.
