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Full steam ahead for Teddy

Sitting on the bedroom floor, I slotted the train tracks together.

My son Teddy, then three, was obsessed with trains – playing with his little Brio train set was his favourite hobby.

‘Wow! Look at this tank engine!’ I exclaimed, driving a train down the tracks.

‘No Mummy, that’s a tender engine,’ Teddy corrected me.

I laughed – watching his passion grow was so heartwarming and as parents, my husband Alastair, 34, and I only encouraged it.

Taking our local line train into town and visiting Brighton so Teddy could ride Volk’s Electric Railway on the seafront, I loved seeing him wave at the passing carriages.

But when he was struck down by a bout of infections in June 2022, putting our train trips on hold, I didn’t think anything of

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