BOY SURVIVES NEAR-FATAL ALLERGIC REACTION TO EPILEPSY MEDICATION
A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks. Five-year-old Ellis Stacey developed a one-in-a-million condition that gripped his body, covering his skin in agonising blisters. Within days, the skin on his face, back, arms and legs had peeled off. His devastated parents, Kayleigh Drayton, 25, and aerospace technician Carl Stacey, 26, were warned that he could die within days as the condition ravaged his body.
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SINGING STOAT
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10-MONTH-OLD SON SUFFERED BURNS TO 35% OF HIS BODY AFTER KNOCKING SCALDING POT OF WATER OVER HIMSELF AT NURSERY
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CALIFORNIAN GHOST TOWN OF BODIE HILLS FROZEN IN TIME
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UNDERWATER DIVING DOGS
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MESMERISING FUNGI
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MAGNIFICENT SNOWY OWL
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
ABANDONED CARE HOME LIES FORGOTTEN
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A LOT OF BOTTLE: ARTIST PAINTS PICTURE USING JUST COKE
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MOODY GORILLA
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