A dad's whole life changed in a second when he woke to be told he had a degenerative condition after noticing he was developing a limp.
Steve Wharton was given the devastating blow in 2020 that the weakness in his left leg was in fact the early onset of motor neurone disease (MND).
He had begun to notice the limp nine months earlier, but 18 months after being given the news, the condition progressed rapidly leaving him unable speak without a machine and confined to his bed.
