He walked home, “leaving a path of blood,” and his father Jarrod and 14-year-old sister Gabby took him into the shower to wash off the blood.

The flow didn’t stop, with the blood seeping from pinprick-sized holes. He was rushed to Sandringham Hospital emergency department, where he was given painkillers and antibiotics as blood tests were run.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, he was taken to Dandenong Hospital for further tests.

His legs were still seeping blood on Sunday afternoon, but doctors had no answers.

A nurse stated that it may have been sea lice, “but it was just a guess.”

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