'Parents trust your instincts': Michelle's plea after son Luca died of misdiagnosed appendicitis

By Kate Aubusson
Updated September 18 2017 - 12:55pm, first published September 10 2017 - 12:55am
COPY PHOTO of Luca Raso and Michelle Degenhardt. Michelle, of Soldiers Point, is pushing for a coronial inquest into the death of her son Luca Raso, 13. Luca died of peritonitis as a result of appendicitis which his GP failed to identify. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers MMH
COPY PHOTO of Luca Raso and Michelle Degenhardt. Michelle, of Soldiers Point, is pushing for a coronial inquest into the death of her son Luca Raso, 13. Luca died of peritonitis as a result of appendicitis which his GP failed to identify. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers MMH
Michelle Degenhardt of Soldiers Point is pushing for a coronial inquest into the death of her son Luca Raso, 13. Luca died of peritonitis as a result of appendicitis which his GP failed to identify. Pic shows Michelle holding a recent school portrait of Luca in her living room. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers MMH
Michelle Degenhardt of Soldiers Point is pushing for a coronial inquest into the death of her son Luca Raso, 13. Luca died of peritonitis as a result of appendicitis which his GP failed to identify. Pic shows Michelle holding a recent school portrait of Luca in her living room. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers MMH

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