“Children only very rarely present symptoms, so it is very hard to know how common the disorder is in children, but it’s very rare.”
Babies get sick occasionally. That’s what new mom Amber Benjamin told herself to calm her fears as she left her bundle of joy, Blaine, with his Ouma and Oupa and set off for the Overstrand Municipality offices, where she works as a by-law enforcement officer.
He’d had a fever during the night and wasn’t fully awake by the time Amber had to leave home in the village of Hawston near Hermanus to clock in by 7am.
Oupa gave him his bottle but reported that he was listless, drank his milk and went back to
