A mum who has never been on a plane bravely leaped out of one in memory of her baby daughter who tragically died at 17 months old. Aimee Hemstock took part in a skydive to raise money for a charitythat supported her with a place to stay while daughter Lilley underwent treatment in hospital in 2016.
Little Lilley was diagnosed with a hole in her heart and a butterfly vertebra - a condition in which the lateral halves of the vertebrae fail to fuse together correctly - shortly after birth. When she struggled to swallow food, medical staff at Scunthorpe General Hospital took her for an X-ray which revealed she also had a rare condition called Trachea-Oesophageal Fistula (TOF), Grimsby Live reports.
This meant that Lilley's throat did not connect to her stomach properly and prevented food from passing to her stomach. When she needed emergency surgery to correct the condition, Lilley was transferred from Scunthorpe to Leeds Children's Hospital for the procedure.
