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Dementia heartbreak ‘MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD FORGOT WHO I WAS’

Emma Siddal thought there was something not quite right as she watched her toddler son Harley playing in the park. While the other kids happily played on the slides and swings, Harley was tearing around, acting more boisterous than usual.

Most parents would have put it down to his age, or just seen a young boy with plenty of energy to burn. But there were other things too.

Lately, Harley was always getting sick with

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