My Mummy and M.E. by Holly Peretti
Holly aged 9, has written about her mum, Chantalle, and explains what life is like being the daughter of a parent with M.E.
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“My daughter is so ill she has had to disengage with her education. She has been house-bound for three years and bed-bound for the majority of this time.”
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“Yes, school was good, no I wasn’t lying. I just wanted to die. I didn’t care, I was happy to just slip away to stop existing. I was ten years old!”