A "HEALTHY" teenage boy died within days of complaining of a sore throat and cough. Rebecca Rollason found her son William unresponsive in bed on June 14, shortly after he developed flu-like symptoms. 2 William, who died days after complaining of a sore throat, proudly holding his driving license Credit: Givealittle 2 The 'talented musician' with his mum Rebecca Credit: Givealittle The heartbroken mum, from Upper Hutt in Wellington, New Zealand, told the NZ Herald : "We ask ourselves how what started as a sore throat, snotty nose and a cough on Tuesday [turned into him] no longer [being] with us three days later.
"No one understands, we don't know what happened. "It feels like the worst nightmare that we cannot wake from." William, 16, first fell ill with a sore throat and cough on June 11.
Rebecca called her GP and was told it was likely flu and to give her son plenty of fluids. She was also advised to call again three days later if William's condition worsened. But by that time, it was too late.
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