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Mum pleads for parents to learn more about rare Kawasaki disease after son’s diagnosis

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finley green in hospital holding giant teddy after being diagnosed with kawasaki disease
Finley Green in hospital. (Picture: Yarrells Preparatory School/Facebook/Finley Green)

A mother is trying to raise awareness about Kawasaki disease after her son was unexpectedly diagnosed with the rare condition.

Back in August, 12-year-old Finley Green went to hospital after complaining of tiredness and aching limbs, with red eyes, cracked lips and a fever he couldn’t shake.

Doctors took ten days to figure out that Finley, from Poole in Dorset, had the little-known Kawasaki disease (also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome).


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