A STOURPORT mum plans to sue the hospital trust which told her that her 12-year-old daughter had an eating disorder when she had a serious bowel condition.

Dawn Wright was left fearing for her daughter's life when Abbie dropped three stone in weight and was being fed through a tube and doctors at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust misdiagnosed her.

"I was terrified I was going to lose my daughter as this point," Ms Wright said, speaking to BBC Midlands Today.

"I was at at point where I felt her body was shutting down - it was horrendous."

Abbie was said to be in pain when going to the toilet and had lost the weight quickly.

There were a number of diagnosis' made by doctors in the county, where she was under their care for five weeks, including irritable bowel syndrome and an eating disorder, which resulted in a psychologist being sent to the family home.

Abbie said: "I don't have an eating disorder - I'm just very ill and they're just not getting it right for me."

Ms Wright took her daughter's care into her own hands and took her to Birmingham Children's Hospital, where, in just 48 hours, doctors diagnosed her with the severe bowel condition Crohn's Disease.

A spokesman for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust said tests carried out while Abbie was under their care had pointed to irritable, or inflammatory, bowel syndrome.

They said: "Abbie received tests and treatment at Worcestershire Royal Hospital over a five-week period in July and August 2012 in order to determine the cause of her medical problems. Following an examination in August 2012, the results suggested a possible diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease and Abbie was referred to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for ongoing medical care."

Now, three years on and one year behind in her studies because of how much school she missed because of her illness, Abbie is doing better, but concerned the delay in diagnosis has caused long term physical and mental damage, the family are planning to go before the courts to get compensation for the misdiagnosis from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.