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Kristy Dawson

Devastated Shilbottle couple learn both daughters have life-limiting disease - but only one can have treatment

A devastated couple have been told that both of their daughters have a life-limiting brain disorder - but only one of them can undergo treatment.

Ally Wallace, 32, and Jake Shaw, 29, discovered that Nala, two, and Teddi, 11 months, both suffer from a genetic disease which affects the 'white matter' of the brain and causes the loss of their physical and mental skills.

Heartbreakingly, Nala is unable to receive treatment for the condition, known as Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD), as her brain has deteriorated too far already. Sadly, she will continue to lose all her functions and is not expected to live beyond childhood.

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