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Daily Mirror
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Nicole Goodwin & Tom Haynes

Mum's life 'turned upside down' as tiny son diagnosed with life-threatening condition

A young mum has described how her world was turned upside-down after her son was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition at just three weeks old.

Lucy Shields, 36, from Durham, was left devastated when her son Roman contracted sepsis, which has left him unable to walk.

Roman, now two years old, also suffers from brain damage, epilepsy and is fed through a tube, Chronicle Live reports.

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