'Our baby came home from nursery with a collapsed lung'

'Our baby came home from nursery with a collapsed lung'Lennie King was just six months old when his parents Charlie and Abbie noticed he was unwellCommentsNewsHoward Lloyd Regional content editor05:38, 15 Apr 2026View 4 ImagesLennie before getting ill, with Charlie King and partner Abbie Rodgers(Image: SWNS)Parents were informed their son's 'rattly' breath was simply a viral infection picked up at nursery - until he landed in intensive care with pneumonia and a collapsed lung. Charlie King and partner Abbie Rogers, both 31, started noticing their six-month-old son Lennie developing frequent colds and chest infections.‌The new parents, from Thamesmead, south-east London, originally attributed it to bugs caught at nursery. However, after several months of "rattly breath" and difficulty breathing at night, they decided to keep him at home.‌Their GP consistently assured them it was viral and nothing to be concerned about when they brought their son in for examination, they said. But following six months of going back and forth with doctors, as Lennie's condition had deteriorated, they rushed their son to hospital.‌It was there they discovered he had a collapsed lung and pneumonia, and was sedated and placed on a ventilator. The little boy, who had just turned one, required two life-saving operations but went on to be discharged and made a complete recovery.Now four years old, his parents campaign for greater awareness and dad Charlie is running the London Marathon in support of Evelina London Children's Hospital, the hospital that saved Lennie's life.View 4 ImagesLennie's parents were told their son's 'rattly' breath was just a viral infection caught at nursery(Image: SWNS)‌Charlie, a lorry mechanic, said: "Lennie always seemed to be getting unwell, and he didn't sleep well at night. We put it down to the nursery where he was in contact with lots of other children."Doctors agreed it was...