Brilliant doc saved my baby's life - thank you doesn't seem enough...

A DUDLEY mum was shocked after her newborn baby’s skin started turning blue shortly after he was born.

- NAOMI DESOUZA

Laura Meredith gave birth to son Toby via C-section at Walsall Manor Hospital following a “normal pregnancy.”

However, when she undressed him, Laura was shocked to find Toby’s fingernails and toenails were purple and his skin was turning blue.

After she raised the alarm and tests were carried out, doctors revealed Toby had Congenital Lobar Emphysema.

The rare and life-threatening disorder refers to an obstruction of the airways which leads to an overinflated lobe or lobes of the lung.

It causes severe respiratory distress in newborns and affects one in every 20,000-30,000 babies.

Laura recalled: “We were distraught but were hopeful Toby would recover and we could take him home soon. We didn’t realise at the time just how seriously ill he was.”

Following tests at the hospital, doctors told Laura that Toby's heart was on the wrong side.