It all started with a stomach ache.
It was September 26 and they had just eaten dinner - she thought he was complaining to get out of going to bed. But he quickly got sicker and started vomiting. The next morning, his mother, Kushla, called an ambulance because Elliott had nothing left to throw up and couldn't keep water down.
When the paramedics arrived he had a temperature of 40.9C and not long after he got to hospital, a rash broke out over his torso.
Doctors knew straight away it was meningococcal B.
Elliot's come a long way since then and is now able to put pressure on his feet so can walk again, something his parents feared might never happen.
And Elliott doesn't let his health woes bring him down. Yesterday, while he was painting he screamed and giggled as he covered every bit of exposed skin with as much paint as possible.