Overview
- Eight weeks after emergency surgery, Lewis says the reattached portion of six-year-old Beau’s finger did not take and may require a minor procedure to remove.
- She is campaigning for a legal requirement that children wear protective gloves when ice skating and has launched a UK government petition.
- Reported signature totals vary by outlet, with coverage citing just under 12,000 to about 14,000 signatories to date.
- The accident occurred on New Year’s Eve when another skater’s blade ran over Beau’s finger after he fell on the ice.
- Beau was blue-lighted to The Royal London hospital, where he underwent X-rays and a 3.5-hour operation that was initially described to Lewis as successful.