A FIVE-year-old boy used his intuition to save his mum’s life after she had a diabetic attack.

Kai Haywood knew something was wrong when he found mum Stacey unconscious in her bed.

The Trinity Primary School pupil then showed remarkable bravery to ring Stacey’s cousin Vikki Chandler to explain the situation and told her to get help.

Vikki contacted Stacey’s mum Mel Elliott, grandmother Dianne Taylor and grandfather Bob Taylor who raced to the home Bobblestock home.

“I must have had it in the night because I came round at about 8.30am and my mum was here,” said Stacey, aged 31.

“That was when she told me what had happened and what Kai had done.

“He also fed me some Wotsits that were on my bed and gave my a glucose tablet. He saved my life.”

Kai is also diabetic and Stacey believes that living with the condition helped him know what to do.

“I collapsed and fell down the stairs when he was two,” said Stacey.

“I cut my head open and he put a pillow under my head and opened the door to get the neighbours.

“This time, he managed to unlock my phone and ring Vikki.

“He told her I wasn’t well, so she got hold of my mum.

“She had a key, so let herself in and gave me glucose tablets and a sugary drink.

“If he hadn’t rung someone, I would not be here today.”

Stacey has been diabetic for 28 years, while Kai has lived with the condition since he was two.

“Both of us are on insulin pumps and he has been brought up with it,” added Stacey.

“He is very clever and knows if I am having a ‘hypo’ moment. He automatically goes to his medicine bag and gets a tablet.

“He is very tuned in with his diabetes and knows if we have to change stuff and if his blood is high, he needs to have insulin. I am just grateful that he was here.”

Hypoglycaemic attacks occur when blood sugar levels fall dangerously low.

Libby Dowling, clinical adviser at Diabetes UK, said that it is always good to teach children what to do in an emergency.

“If someone in the family has diabetes, chat through what the symptoms could be, so children know when help is needed and who to contact,” she said.