Weekly people
Ana Waalkens has never been a stranger to hospital wards. For 13 years, her eldest son Bruno “grew up” in Starship Children’s Hospital after being born with genetic lung disease cystic fibrosis (CF).
Then in 2014, the mum-of-five found herself rushing to the emergency department after her twin daughter Lila, aged four, suffered a sudden asthma attack which tragically took the little girl’s life.
Struggling through the grief and navigating their new normal after separating from her children’s father, Ana didn’t think things could get any
