Shannon Doherty spoke out after her baby son, Rían, became critically ill with the infection.
His condition quickly deteriorated and he was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital.
"That procedure really took it out of him. I was fearing the worst," Shannon told the BBC's North West Today programme. However, the UK does not routinely test for GBS, unlike the United States, Canada, Germany, France and Spain.'Life turned upside down' She said the family now faced a waiting game as Rían grows to get a full sense of the impact the infection has possibly had on him."His future, being able to walk, talk and play football is not guaranteed to us.
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