A toddler suffered kidney failure after he ate seagull poo while playing out in his garden.
Jaydon Pritchard is "still not out of the woods" but is doing much better, his family told NorthWales Live.
He's being looked after at his home in Amwlch, Anglesey, by his mum Tiffany and grandparents Arwel and Christine.
The 18-month-old's nightmare ordeal began on April 8 when his mum took him to the doctors after he'd become unwell in the previous days.
He was referred to Ysbyty Gwynedd where he was discharged as medics thought he was suffering a virus.
But his granddad Arwel said he "didn't do anything apart from sleep and be sick" the next day until later in the evening they heard a "horrible noise coming from his cot".
"He was having a fit, so we called for an ambulance straight away", Mr Pritchard said. "He had another fit before the ambulance arrived and another three fits on the way to 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."
After arriving in hospital for a second time, a team from Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool were sent to pick him up.
He was put on a kidney dialysis machine and received three blood transfusions during his 19-day stay in hospital. Mr Pritchard said the doctors diagnosed him with kidney failure and he had E.coli poisoning from ingesting seagull faeces.
The family feared the worst as he was hooked up to the machine and his face "turned yellow". Although he's doing much better now, the ordeal has been "traumatising" for them.
His grandmother Christine is now apprehensive about leaving him in the garden again. She said she cleans the patio daily, but it is difficult as the seagulls nest nearby and it is "a constant mess to clean up."
She said: "Poor Jaydon is on all sorts of medications now, we just hope he's not suffered any permanent issues. He's still not himself, he's still quite grey. But he's getting their slowly."
She said young children are "constantly putting things in their mouth and we hope that this ordeal can serve as a reminder for parents and guardians to make sure their children are playing in a safe environment, particularly when they are outside."
Jaydon has further hospital visits in the coming weeks - both at his local hospital and Alder Hey.
