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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Neil Shaw & Kieren Williams

Mum given last 'day of freedom' before family tell her of devastating diagnosis

One mum got to enjoy one last day of “freedom” before her two children told her about her Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

Linda Sutherland, 68, suffered short temper, weight loss and memory loss, but as it happened in the wake of losing her husband Ronnie, 66, doctors thought it was just depression.

But Linda’s son Graeme noticed something more was up when he took her to Harry Potter studios for her birthday and she became irate when she couldn’t push the button to take a photo.

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