Rebecca Martin rushed daughter Florence to the doctors after the smartwatch reported that her heart was beating at over 100bpm.
A Lanarkshire mum’s Apple Watch helped detect her toddler’s leukaemia after the device picked up on her ‘racing’ heart rate.
Little Florence was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow just four days later.Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.
“I knew my Apple Watch would be able to give a reading so I put it on her and it said her heartbeat was over 100.“She was also starting to look a little yellow. “We are lucky he Apple Watch alerted us to Florence’s raised heart beat. I don’t know what would have happened if we didn’t take that step. It made us realise something was seriously wrong. We knew then we had to take her to the doctor.“She’s the one who keeps me calm. She says ‘it’s okay mum’ when I’m upset.”
“It has been hard trying to find the balance and keep her a toddler. I worried she would lose her social skills.
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