DEAR DEIDRE: ALL I want is to be normal, but I have a health condition that makes me eat compulsively and people judge me. Doctors told my parents I wouldn’t live long, but I’m still going strong. How can I come to terms with my problems and have a good life? I’m a 33-year-old woman … Read more
A MUM has been trapped in bed with a condition that means her skull isn’t securely attached to her spine for almost eight years. Amy Ironside Wood, 38, first fell ill in 2017 after her daughter Willow came home from nursery with glandular fever. 11 Amy Ironside Wood fell seriously ill after her… I’ve been … Read more
WHEN your child falls ill, it can be easy to assume they need to stay home from school. But many parents might be keeping their kids away from the classroom unnecessarily. 3 Just because a health condition is serious-sounding or contagious, it doesn’t automatically mean they have to miss out. And… Is your child too … Read more
THE NHS has issued a “stay home” warning as cases of norovirus surge – with cases of violent diarrhoea. The contagious stomach bug spreads easily through close contact and eating food prepared by infected people – a stomach-turning prospect as families gathered together for festivities. 3 Health… New ’48-hour warning’ issued as cases of violent … Read more
A MUM who woke up from a Covid coma was stunned to discover she had given birth to a baby girl. Laura Leece, 36, fell ill with the virus during the pandemic in 2021 but had no idea of what would happen next. 5 Laura, when she came round from her coma – with partner … Read more
A TODDLER given a “nightmare” diagnosis after catching a common childhood virus is asking Father Christmas for a life-saving heart transplant this Christmas. Little Willow Stansfield, 18 months, was diagnosed with end-stage heart failure in August after having two cardiac arrests. 6 Willow… Adorable toddler has one wish from Santa this Christmas – a new … Read more
A TEEN has never eaten Christmas dinner with his family due to a rare condition that leaves him enraged by the sound of people chewing. Grayson Whitaker has lived with misophonia, a condition that causes an extreme emotional reaction to certain everyday noises, since he was a child. 8 Grayson… I’ve never had a Christmas … Read more
BIG-HEARTED Daisy Tullett poses with Father Christmas as he hands her a gift wrapped in the paper SHE created to help other sick children. The brave eight-year-old came up with a Santa design as part of The Sun on Sunday’s Christmas Wrapping For Kids campaign to raise money to buy presents… Heartwarming moment Santa visits … Read more
A LITTLE girl was given just nine months to live after her parents noticed she just “wasn’t herself”. Joe and Elisha Smith took their daughter Joules, 6, to hospital after growing concerned over “a few little changes”. 3 Joules Smith, 6, pictured with her parents Joe and Elisha, was taken to… Girl, 6, who ‘wasn’t … Read more
A BRAVE boy of five poses with his family in matching PJs to celebrate his first Christmas since beating a rare cancer. Niko Bolke-Carver bravely battled Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia after being diagnosed with the rare blood and bone marrow disease in February 2022. 3 Brave Niko Bolke-Carver, 5,… Doctors feared our son would not survive … Read more