'My daughters found their sister dead in the bath – I’m still haunted by their screams'
A HEARTBROKEN dad has told how his daughters found their sister dead in the bath after she suffered a fatal epileptic seizure.
I can still remember the screams when she was found. I rushed to the bathroom and began CPR whilst awaiting the ambulance. I didn’t know she was already dead. My wife Debs and I have three beautiful daughters. Or should that be “had” now there are only two? I’m not sure of anything any longer: all my norms, aspirations and points of reference have been challenged.
A few years ago Amelia started to describe feeling “funny” now and then. We didn’t think much about it until a friend took her out to eat while she was on work experience in the City. This often leads to seizures, a sudden event that can change a person’s awareness, behaviour or feeling. She struggled to concentrate, just as she was embarking on her A levels. Her spark had gone. I had already lost part of her, her buzz, her impish humour, her motivation. All she wanted to do was be like anyone else.
On four separate occasions she spent around a week in hospital rigged up to machines as the doctors tried to identify the origin of each fit. Up until she died, these visits were inconclusive.
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