Young Wrexham swine flu victim recovering well

by Garth ApThomas

A 10-year-old Wrexham schoolgirl is recovering at home after contracting swine flu.Ebony Charles, who attends St Giles Juniors, came down with the illness on Thursday and her family were initially devastated for her.

But she has shown tremendous resolve, her condition has picked up over the weekend and is looking to be well on the road to recovery.

Ebony’s mum, Sue, of Rhosymedre, said that the first signs of illness included a severe headache and feeling sick.“The school got in contact to say that Ebony was poorly. I went over to pick her up and she did look rough, very pale.”

Sue got in touch with her GP and swine flu was diagnosed.

She went to fetch a prescription from the Maelor Hospital and the medication has been working well.“Ebony has picked up a bit over the weekend and looks to be recovering well.

It is such a relief. When I first realised she was ill I was hoping it would just be something like a small viral infection.

I was mortified when swine flu was diagnosed.“We are a big family, with my husband and seven children there are nine of us.

“We were advised to carry on our normal day to day lives.“Ebony has been really good.

"In the beginning she was so bad it felt like her head was going to blow up,” said Sue who has been devotedly nursing her daughter through the illness.

Sue herself came down with a bug on Sunday, but she managed to shake it off within 24 hours.

“I started to get symptoms like headaches and really bad coughing and did think I was starting to get swine flu myself.

But thankfully it has passed off now almost as quickly as it came.

“I would also like to thank the doctors for all their expertise and care, they have been very good.”