A mum is urging pregnant women to take up the RSV vaccine being rolled out nationwide this week - after her newborn nearly died when he caught the virus.<br /><br />Ethyan Gammage was rushed to hospital after becoming "grey, cold and lifeless" and mum Fiona Walker, 41, feared he was dead.<br /><br />He was diagnosed with bronchiolitis, caused by the human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).<br /><br />The premature baby was put into an induced coma and a ventilator in the NICU, and fought for his life - eventually being discharged after two long weeks in hospital.<br /><br />RSV is common in adults and presents as a mild flu, but it can be deadly in newborns and the elderly.<br /><br />The vaccine was rolled out from yesterday (1) across the UK to those aged 75+ and pregnant women of any age who are over 28 weeks, to help protect their newborn babies.<br /><br />Ethyan lives in Scotland which began vaccinating pregnant women against the virus in August this year.<br /><br />But because he was born six weeks prematurely, in June - he missed that deadline.<br /><br />She is now urging pregnant women to take up the vaccine - so nobody else goes through what she did.
