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Liam Smillie

Mum who was too scared to take son into daylight in case it triggered deadly seizures hails new treatment

A West Lothian mum has told how she was frightened to leave her house with her young son in case sunlight triggered his severe epilepsy.

Stacey Hutchison from Whitburn is mum to seven-year-old Frankie who has Dravet Syndrome.

Frankie was diagnosed when he was 11 months old after suffering seizures and repeated ‘blue light’ ambulance dashes to hospital.

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