‘Fit and healthy’ college student, 19, dies three weeks after going to hospital with ‘sinus infection’
A student died three weeks after being struck with what he believed to be symptoms of a sinus infection.
Harvey Edwards, 19, originally from Bristol, was taken to the emergency room on June 6 after he began to feel unwell.
It is understood that Mr Edwards, who was described as “fit and healthy”, was given antibiotics for a sinus infection.
Edwards, who studied biochemistry at the University of Liverpool, returned to hospital when his symptoms worsened on June 13.
Doctors then did an MRI of her brain, which revealed that she had a cerebral hemorrhage.
Harvey Edwards, 19, died suddenly after suffering a bleed in the brain with ‘fit and healthy’ originally seeking help for symptoms of a sinus infection.
In an attempt to relieve the resulting pressure on the teen’s brain, they told him he would have to go into an induced coma.
It is then reported that Mr. Edwards suffered a devastating stroke.
His family made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support on June 28.
The teenager’s cause of death has yet to be officially confirmed.
Family friend Jordon Parker said Mr Edwards was a kind and intelligent person with a “bright future ahead of him”.
He also said that his death has devastated those who knew him best and that life will never be the same without him.
Mr Edwards was described as an “intelligent, gentle and respectable young man with a bright future ahead of him”.
Parker said: “He went back to hospital and the doctors said he would have to go into an induced coma.”
“Her speech was slurred, but it was too late and the hospital called her mother and told her she had to come to Liverpool.
“It was a shock to his family, he was a healthy and fit person.”
Mr. Edwards was studying biochemistry and was about to start his second year of the course.
Aside from his studies, Harvey was also a flourishing model and had completed his first photo shoot before his death.
Parker said, “He was a very social person and was never miserable and always kind to everyone he met.” Harvey was just one of the most genuine people there was.
“There was something about him that everyone loved and people liked being around him. I have never heard a bad word said about him.
‘Her mother is exhausted and doesn’t know what to do, she has beaten them all [hard]. His family was very close to him, especially his nephews.’
Following the sudden death of Mr. Edwards, a GoFundMe The page has launched and already has over £8,000 in donations, which Parker says “just goes to show how loved it was.”
The page describes the young man as a “smart, kind and respectable young man with a bright future ahead of him.”
The page adds: “He was loved by all his family and friends along with others he came in contact with.”
“Harvey had his cheeky, charming ways and lovable, endearing personality that made his presence known the moment he walked into a room.”
The exact hospital where Mr. Edwards was treated has not been named.
