KISS OF LIFE TODDLER

A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks. Cute 15-month old Thys Bell stops breathing and turns blue as Mum Emma Keeton, 31 frantically saves his life time after time. She cannot leave him unattended because an abnormal connection between his oesophagus and trachea means he frequently chokes on his food.Between November and March this year Thys stopped breathing on average every two weeks.Each time Emma launches a frantic five minutes of CPR as husband Michael Bell, 33, phones for an ambulance.Sometimes it can nervously take up to eight mninutes to revive him and he chokes again en route to hospital

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