'When your child is dying you shouldn't have to beg for help'
"No matter how many medical support letters I had, no matter the long list of diagnoses she had, age was always a factor. They were trying to fight the battle with us. Time that was spent researching, making calls, sending emails, and asking for support, but not getting anywhere."We'll never stop fighting in her name to help other people and other children," he said."They can't be shoved to the back and forgot about.
- ▪"No matter how many medical support letters I had, no matter the long list of diagnoses she had, age was always a factor.
- ▪They were trying to fight the battle with us.
- ▪Time that was spent researching, making calls, sending emails, and asking for support, but not getting anywhere."We'll never stop fighting in her name to help other people and other children," he said."They can't be shoved to the back and f
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'When your child is dying you shouldn't have to beg for help'Image source, Family handoutImage caption, Lila Dripps-Weir had a rare inherited metabolic disorder called Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency (PDH)ByAileen MoynaghBBC News NI health reporterPublished4 minutes agoThe parents of a severely disabled two-year-old child, who died in May, said they spent their daughter's entire life fighting for support for her life-limiting condition.Lila Dripps-Weir had a rare inherited metabolic disorder called Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency (PDH), external, which affected how her body could break down food and drink.Her parents want age restrictions removed on services such as a wheelchair-accessible vehicle and continence products for children like their daughter, who was dependent on them for…
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