Boy, six, saves his pregnant mother and unborn sister's life by using iPad to call for help and pushing keys through letterbox for paramedics after she collapsed at home with sepsis

• Max Lewis, six, called his aunt Sonia to tell her his mother was 'breathing funny'
• Nicky Lewis, 31, had developed sepsis while she was 26-weeks pregnant 
• Aunt called 999 and rushed over to their home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire 
• Doctors said if it wasn't for Max Nicky and her daughter Willow would have died

The quick actions of a heroic little boy saved his pregnant mother's life when she fell unconscious at their home. 

Max Lewis, now six, cleverly used his iPad to ask for help when his mother Nicky, 31, became ill in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. 

Unbeknownst to Nicky, a cleaning company boss, she had developed sepsis and began to deteriorate at teatime after her husband Sam, 33, had left for work at 6pm.

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Max Lewis, now six, saved his mother's and unborn sister Willow's life when he used his iPad to ask for help when Nicky, 31, became ill in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

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Nicky developed sepsis and was rushed to hospital after Max cleverly raised the alarm to his auntie Sonia while his dad, Sam, was at work

The mother, who was 26-weeks pregnant at the time, decided to get an early night after saying she didn't feel well and felt tired. 

Little Max went in to see her but became concerned when she wouldn't wake up so decided to call his auntie Sonia on his iPad and tell her he was scared because she was 'breathing funny'. 

Sonia immediately called for an ambulance and quickly drove over to the house, arriving at the same time as the paramedics. 

To help the medics get inside the house brave Max stood on a stool so he could reach the front door keys and shove them through the letter box. 

The paramedics brought Nicky round at home and rushed her to hospital where she was diagnosed with sepsis. 

She spent a week in hospital where she made a full recover and doctors told her she would have died if it wasn't for her son's quick thinking. 

Her husband Sam would not have returned home for another ten hours after Max made the crucial call. 

Nicky gave birth to Max's sister Willow a few months later. 

Doctors told Nicky that if it wasn't for Max's quick actions she and her unborn daughter would have died 

Sam Lewis told Stoke Sentinel: 'We are grateful every day for what Max did particularly when we look back at it now and think what could have been. 

'Like any other six-year-old he can be very cheeky but we have to constantly remind ourselves that he saved their lives. 

'There's no question that Max saved his mum and sister's life - we still look back on this day and think how lucky we are to have such a brave and clever boy.' 

The courageous youngster is also a go karting champion and his sponsored by Bobo's Barbers, in Stoke-on-Trent, owned by World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall's wife. 

For his bravery Max has been nominated for an Our Heroes Award run by local paper Stoke Sentinel in the Bright Young Thing category.