New parents who lost one of their premature twins are now in a fight to get their surviving daughter back to the UK for specialist treatment. Matthew Melia and his wife DanDan are trying to raise £25,000 to get her back from Shenzhen, China, where they live.
They had expected their twins to be born this month, but complications meant DanDan gave birth to Mia and Scarlett Rose via caesarean section on May 3. The premature twins were taken to another hospital in Guangzhou, nearly 100 miles from where Matthew and DanDan live.
CT scans showed both babies had major problems. Scarlett Rose's was so severe that Matthew, 35, and DanDan, 33, were left with the impossible decision to stop treatment. She passed away in Matthew's arms on June 8, the first time that he had held her. Mia went on to have brain surgery at six weeks old and is now fighting the complications of being born so early.
