Parents questioned after baby shows up to ER with rare skin infection

'His skin was blistering' | Parents questioned after baby shows up to ER with rare skin infection

In this case, 11-month-old Jayce was left fighting for his life after getting a rare staff infection doctors couldn't detect. It's called Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) and could be deadly for kids under six years old. She and Jayce's father, Jeremy Debose, were able to get a proper diagnosis at Children's Egleston Hospital last week, but several hospitals earlier questioned the parents by doctors who thought he might've been abused and burned by scalding water: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/...

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