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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
James McNeill

Mum knew 'something was not right' after son couldn't move hand

A mum has spoken of the "heartbreaking" moment she found out her son had a terminal illness.

Robert Barrie was only 24 when he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. His mum Lynn said her son had become unsteady on his feet but at the time thought nothing of it.

However, one day when Rob was unable to move the fingers in his right hand she knew "something was not right". Lynn said that it was like getting a "knife to the heart" when the neurologist told the family her son had MND.

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