Emma Tapp, 37, Basildon
I watched the flurry of activity in the lounge – my son Ryan, 7, was hanging decorations, while my partner Trevor, 38, battled with a box of tinsel. Next, the tree...
That was something my daughter Chloe, 15, loved doing.
But she’d been coughing and sneezing for weeks and it was getting her down.
The doctors said it was a virus, would clear up on its own. But, for Chloe, a common cold could be deadly.
She’d had microcephaly at birth, meaning her head was smaller than normal, affecting brain development.
She developed epilepsy and global development delay, which affected her speech and learning.
Despite it all, Chloe was a happy and loving child.
But, at 2am that night in December 2015, Chloe appeared next to…
