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EVERY MOMENT

Susan John, from Bridgend.

Flinging my hands up in the air, the wind suddenly rushed in my face.

‘Phew!’ I laughed as the rollercoaster finally came to a sudden stop.

‘Let’s go again Mum,’ Tyler, then seven, screamed.

‘Again Mum!’ Marshall, then four, added.

It felt so lovely to be able to spend time together as a family, but I was then hit by a wave of sadness.

Things wouldn’t always be like this.

Marshall had been diagnosed with a life-changing illness at just six-months-old.

It wouldn’t always be like this

Weighing a healthy 7lb 13oz, Marshall was born on 18 December 2007.

Bottles, nappy changing, and sleepless nights became my daily routine all over again.

In June 2008, I noticed his breathing was a little wheezy, as if he had a chest infection.

Taking him straight to the Princess of Wales Hospital, in Bridgend, he was sent for tests and an X-ray.

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