A mum has revealed how her six-week-old son fell ill within minutes after contracting deadly sepsis.
Megan Tanner's son Kian became unwell in April 2017 - going from a healthy and happy child to being rushed to hospital with suspected meningitis.
When the terrified mum, from Frome, Somerset, got to the hospital, Kian was "lifeless" and was instantly whisked away for emergency treatment.
Kian was worked on by seven doctors before eventually being resuscitated and placed in intensive care.
Describing the horror of watching her tiny son fall ill, Megan, 24, said: "We were at home and he was just white and had no life to him and I thought something was seriously wrong.
"Then he started to go floppy and we called an ambulance straight away - there was just no life in him."
Megan described how Kian was "lifeless" by the time they got to Royal United Hospital in Bath, where she was told to "prepare for the worst".
The mum-of-three added: "It was so traumatising. He was taken away and I just had to take myself to another room, I thought he was going to die.
"There were seven doctors working on him - it was like a wake-up call that something was really, really wrong.
"I just couldn't believe how fast Kian went from being fine to nearly losing his life. I felt helpless."
Kian was brought around, put on antibiotics and taken to intensive care for the first 48 hours - where Meghan was first told he had sepsis.
She said: "We were told he had sepsis during those two days in the neonatal intensive care unit.
"Even then I wasn't truly aware how serious it could be. He was in a separate room all on his own with a member of staff 24/7.
"It was so distressing and the whole family were beside themselves. We felt helpless and didn't know what to do."
After two days in intensive care, Kian remained critically ill, but was moved to the children's ward at the Bath hospital.
Megan was told he would be on long-term antibiotics and would remain in hospital for a "long time".
The mum continued: "While in hospital, Kian had to have his head shaved as the intravenous antibiotics had to go through a vein and because he was so little they could only find a vein in his head.
"After a long eight weeks of Kian being on intravenous antibiotics, he was stable enough to come home.
"Before we left the hospital we were given oral medication that had to be given twice a day for two weeks.
"After the two weeks of oral medication was complete, Kian had to be seen regularly over the next few months to make sure he was recovering and to make sure he had no lifelong injuries from sepsis.
"For six months he wasn't fully right and he struggled to find the energy to play and engage in things.
"Now he's really healthy and happy and we feel so lucky that he beat such a dangerous condition."
Megan decided to share her story of Kian's sepsis ordeal to raise awareness of the deadly condition - especially how hard it can be to spot in babies, young children and those more vulnerable.
She added: "Anybody at any age can get sepsis and it can be hard to spot - especially in babies, young people, people with dementia, people who have learning difficulties and people who have difficulties communicating.
"The symptoms of sepsis are blue, pale or blotchy skin, lips or tongue.
"A rash that does not fade when you roll class over it - the same as meningitis , difficulties breathing or a weak-high pitched cry in babies and young children.
"It's so important that awareness is raised for sepsis as it is such a dangerous illness.
"We feel so lucky to have Kian with us today as things could have been so different."
