A Nottingham mum has been left bedridden for six years after catching what she thought was just a common cold from her baby daughter. Amy Ironside Wood, 37, contracted Glandular fever from her daughter Willow, with the virus causing an "autoimmune cascade" which left her having to lie down for 22 hours a day.
In addition to chronic fatigue, the ligaments holding her skull to her spine have been severely weakened and Amy now has to wear a neck brace whenever she stands up. The mum had just returned from a trip away with friends to celebrate her 31st birthday when she began to feel ill.
Willow, who was 18 months old at the time, had caught the bug caused by the Epstein-Barr virus at nursery but recovered after about a week, whereas Amy found herself rapidly getting worse. She told the Daily Mirror: "I just wasn’t getting any better and new symptoms were coming up.
