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GOODBYE Daisy

On 31 January 2017 I made a decision that no mother should ever have to make... I told the doctors not to attempt further resuscitation and stop my daughter’s life support. She was 12.

Daisy Rose was born on 14 December 2004. She was a much-wanted fourth child, but it was clear from the outset there was something very wrong. Not long after her premature birth, she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called Costello syndrome. She was very ill and the

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