Was this in the Plan?: They said you wouldn't make it

They said you wouldn't make it

They said you wouldn't make it

the doctors, the medics.

They said go home, enjoy your time.

We rode each wave,

each crisis,

the adrenalin pumping.

And you came through.

sepsis, seizures, surgeries,

each time they said you would not make it,

and over and and over you have defied the odds.

Here you are today,

10 years old.

When we did not know if you would make it to one year.

Still embracing life,

determined to show the world who's boss.

Happy Birthday Daisy Rose xxx

Thank you to all of the doctors, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, microbiologists and other assorted specialists who have never given up on Daisy - thanks to you, we can celebrate this amazing milestone.

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Stephs Two Girls9:11 am
Happy Birthday to an amazing, strong young lady - we know where she gets it from ;) Hope you all have a lovely day together, and a very merry Christmas too xx
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This is the story of my family, and how we are learning to thrive and not just survive when life didn't go quite as we planned.

I'm Steph, a suburban mother, sometime Marketing Director, now family plate spinner, journalist, carer, nurse, spokesperson, campaigner and marathon runner (actual as well as metaphorical).

I have four extraordinary children, my two boys have a diagnosis of high functioning autism yet they could not be more different, my eldest daughter is a creative social justice warrior, my youngest daughter was born with a very rare genetic condition.

In December 2015 I also became a widow, my husband, the father of my children & partner of 27 years, Andy, died of cancer, leaving us with a gaping hole in our lives. 13 months later our darling daughter Daisy died.

My life was never going to be predictable but as Andy always said, it is what it is, it's how you respond which makes the difference.

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They said you wouldn't make it

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