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Orlaith Clinton

Northern Ireland parents on keeping son's legacy alive and paying tribute to health staff who helped family

A Co Antrim family has vowed to keep their little boy's legacy alive after his death three years ago.

Charlotte and Samuel Watson, from Ballymena, lost their son Theo after being told when their son was delivered, at 35 weeks gestation that they had a "very sick baby".

When Theo Watson was born, he was taken away from his parents for intensive care, and the next day was diagnosed with Patau's Syndrome, a serious rare genetic disorder caused by having an additional copy of chromosome 13 in some or all of the body's cells.

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