A dad has revealed how doctors told him his seven-year-old son was 'constipated' - only for him to turn out to have a rare form of E.coli that left him in a coma with kidney failure. Dean Amer, 37, a guitar teacher living in Bracknell in Berkshire and father to Rafi, now nine, said his son was sent home from school in September 2023 after vomiting. This was followed by two painful weeks of severe cramps - but in two separate appointments, doctors misdiagnosed Rafi with constipation and a