Read more: 'Brave' Sheffield girl left battling multiple seizures a day due to rare conditionSheffield's Medico-Legal Centre heard on Thursday how Joey's mother - who 'loved him more than life' - discovered her son as she brought him a takeaway curry on returning home from a meal with her husband Peter and their friends around 9pm.
She described in a statement read out in court 'nudging his head' with her foot, initially believing he was 'playing a prank'.
She said: "I got no response and screamed for Peter (Joey's father) and put him in recovery position. There was a gash to the lest side of his nose.
Pete started CPR. "The court heard Joey's frantic mum took over as his father ran to get help from a neighbour - an intensive care nurse who took over with resuscitation attempts.
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