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BUILDING LILY’S LEGACY

Making my way back to the car after a shopping trip with my mum Joan and my seven-week-old daughter Lily, I couldn’t wait to get home and put the kettle on. Lily had been crying for a few minutes but as I reached into her pram to get her out, she went quiet. ‘She’s gone grey,’ I panicked, as I saw she was foaming at the mouth. ‘She’s not breathing.’

Holding Lily in my arms I phoned 999. Sensing my panic, two strangers ran over to help and by the time the first responders arrived Lily had started breathing again. Still, they took her to hospital for some tests but couldn’t find

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