Mum spends every night in single bed with her disabled son to keep him safe

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Every night Kayley Thompson sleeps with her six-year-old son Kaylan Gibson in a single bed she describes as a 'death trap'. Kaylan, who has a range of medical conditions, including cerebral palsy, has hurt himself in bed several times in recent months, ChronicleLIve reports.

He's suffered a burst lip and narrowly avoided becoming stuck in his fully-adjustable adult hi-low bed, as well as falling out of it. Fearing for her son's safety, Kayley Thompson feels she has been left with no choice but to share Kaylan's single bed as it's the only way to keep her little boy safe at night.

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The family claim they were told by an occupational therapist that things looked promising for Kaylan to receive a new specially designed Oasis cot bed, with high, padded sides to prevent him from injuring himself at night. But now Kayley and dad Jordan Gibson's hopes have now been shattered after a meeting with social workers concluded that their son will not be provided with the bed.

Kayley, from County Durham, said: "I feel betrayed. Disappointed and betrayed. I literally cried throughout the whole meeting but the response I got was 'Do you not think you're just sleep deprived? I think you need to get a good night's sleep.'

"How can I do that? When you share a bed with a child who has so many needs you're scared to go to sleep in case you hurt him."

Kaylan was born at 28 weeks premature with two grade four bleeds on the brain, which resulted in him having cerebral palsy. He is unable to walk or manage day to day tasks and also struggles with ADHD, as well as being diagnosed autistic and has sensory overload.

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