Alex Grice had just given birth to twins, 15 weeks prematurely. The then 19-year-old was then told the news she was dreading - one of them, Ava, had suffered a brain haemorrhage, wouldn't survive the night and Alex needed to say her goodbyes.
“I can’t even explain it,” Alex, now 22, told the Manchester Evening News. “You can imagine the run of emotions I felt."
Miraculously, baby Ava survived her ordeal - but it wasn’t all plain sailing for the tot and her brother Archie. In total, the twins remained on the neonatal ward at Bolton Royal Hospital for a total of 120 days following their birth in July 2019. Their original due date had been October 17.
