Mum shares ‘immense guilt’ after ‘infecting newborn son with whooping cough’ that left him brain damaged

A MUM has admitted to feeling ‘immense guilt’ every day after passing whooping cough onto her newborn son, which left him brain damaged.

Mel Jewell claims she was never offered the whooping cough vaccine when she was pregnant with her son Ewan.

Kennedy NewsMel Jewell got whooping cough when she was eight months pregnant with her son Ewan in 2002[/caption] Kennedy NewsThe tot contracted the illness shortly after he was born[/caption] Kennedy NewsMel is calling on other...