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Bond of brothers

Claire Roberts, 46, from Swansea

We’d hardly got through the door with our newborn Henry when his brother Edward, then 6, raced over.

‘I can’t wait to play with him,’ Edward grinned, bouncing around.

Me and my husband Alexander, then 38, laughed.

It was May 2012, and with our two boys, our family felt complete.

Only, baby Henry was unsettled. Cried constantly and had difficulty feeding.

‘It’ll be reflux,’ the health visitor assured.

Where a baby brings up milk during or after feeding.

But by 5 months, Henry’s vomiting had worsened, he seemed weak. And he was losing

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