Ever been in A&E with your child? You don't take them there if you don't think it's serious. Until diagnosed, it could be anything, and I'd imagine all good parents would be fearing the worse - and a massive relief that it turns out to be something minor.
And he was sent on the advice of his GP
I'm not saying he shouldn't have been assessed. He was, and thankfully it wasn't anything serious. But Macdonnell was still banging on about pneumonia this morning to get political capital.
