Young Perth boy ‘fighting for life’ after developing tetanus infection from trampoline cut

An eight-year-old boy is understood to be fighting for life in a Perth hospital after an accident on a trampoline.

It is believed the boy, identified as Max, cut himself on a spring while playing on his trampoline last week, a friend of the boy’s mum wrote on Facebook.

It is believed Max developed a tetanus infection and was rushed to hospital.

“Please take a moment today to think of him. To visualise a huge ball of white light and to ask the Angels to wrap their wings around him and protect and heal his little body,” the post read.

“And if you can, take a few moments to share his picture and ask your friends and loved ones to pray for him also.

“The power of prayer is beyond our imagination, and this little boy needs our love now more than ever.”

Max’s mum, Chloe Toolan, wanted to thank her friend and the community for raising awareness and filling her heart with “beautiful words of encouragement and love always”.

“Prayer is power, so much gratitude and love to you all,” Ms Toolan wrote in reply to the post.

“My boy is strong, and prayer is all we have.”

On Tuesday night, the mum’s friend provided an update on the boy’s condition in a Facebook story, saying he was still sedated.

“They (the hospital) are slowly weaning him off his meds to wake him up; they reduced his proposal from 2 to 1, then when they get to 0.5, he awoke,” she wrote.

“He had a spasm, so they had to bolus him and take the process a little slower; the ventilator will come out in the morning.

“Physio started today, so I was able to hold and rub his hands, brush his hair, read to him and play him some music, so I just played him a few minutes of Beethoven’s Symphony 7.”

She added it’s a “huge relief” that Max is stable, but it’s still scary when he spasms as he’s slowly taken off his medication.

“Feeds are going up each day as his meds reduce, and they test his mitochondrial output and everything to tailor his protein and carbs for his muscles,” she wrote in her story.

“Muscle wastage is down to 421 this morning, which is good!”