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GOODBYE Daisy

On 31 January 2017 I made a decision that no mother should ever have to make… I told the doctors not to attempt any further resuscitation and to stop my daughter’s life support. She was 12.

‘The most selfless thing I could do for her was to let her go’

Daisy Rose was born on 14 December 2004. She was a much wanted fourth child but it was clear from the outset that there was something very wrong. Not long after her premature birth she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called Costello syndrome. She

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