This tiny Pomeranian dog has been left without a nose - following a cancer battle
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This tiny Pomeranian dog has been left without a nose - after surviving a gruelling cancer battle.
Poa - is now known as 'Poa No Nose' by her owners and has her own instagram account @poanonose - after veterinary surgeons removed the upper part of her snout to fight off a fast-growing cancer.
13-year-old Poa, who is three quarters Pomeranian and one quarter American Eskimo, was taken to five different vets before they took the drastic measure to save her life.
Owner Anna Prosser, a producer and host from Seattle, Washington, USA, said: "The vet reminded me that Poa didn’t look in mirrors.
"They said as long as she could get snuggles and treats, she would heal and be perfectly happy.
"Even when she was at her sickest, Poa made it clear that she had no intention of giving up so, given that option, I knew it was the right choice."
Poa had surgery in August, three months after the cancer was diagnosed, and wore a head cone while she recouperated.
Anna said: "On some of the most terrible days, Poa sneezed blood, refused to eat, and was agitated all through the night.
"On good days, she slurped wet dog food and didn’t hide any of her medicine in her doggy bed.
"It was some of the hardest work I have ever done in my life, but little by little, day by day, she became stronger, until today she seems even happier and healthier than she was before."
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Image by: Anna Prosser
Image by: Anna Prosser
Image by: Anna Prosser
Poa even managed to grow a full coat of hair despite struggling with Alopecia X most of her life.
Now, even at 13, she still loves to play and walk, and especially snuggle and give kisses.
Anna said: "The first thing people ask are “can she eat?” and “does her tongue stay moist?” The answer to both of those questions is 'yes'!
"At very first, especially when she was fresh out of surgery and very was jarring to look at. Some people saw Poa and reacted with anger toward me.
"They felt like any dog who looked like her must be suffering, and that I, as her owner, should have made the call to put her to sleep instead of making her endure the aftermath of surgery.
"However, the more they see her happily going about her day to day as a basically normal dog with no nose but plenty of personality, they begin to see her for what she is.
"It is a reminder that even the smallest of us can be very strong. Even the most scarred of us can be beautiful, and that love really can survive anything."
She added: "I have been overwhelmed by how many people feel encouraged by her and express love for her.
"She was a very cute dog before, but now that she’s different, and her face tells a story of survival and hope, people seem to connect to her in a whole new way.
"Messages about her strength giving others hope mean the world. We try to return the favour by posting pictures that make people feel happy, and captions that remind people that they are beautiful and worthy of love, just the way they are."
Pictures are now shared on her instagram account @poanonose.
Ms Prosser added: "These have been some of the happiest times of our life together as companions.
"She’s been there for me though so many of life’s hardest times, and I feel so happy and proud to have been able to return the favour for my little bestie."
Video by: Anna Prosser
Adorable pair of cats suffer from rare condition Cerebellar Hypoplasia - which causes them to constantly WOBBLE
Image by: Emily Horner
Meet Pablo and Bones - two cats that suffer from a rare condition which causes them to constantly WOBBLE.
Cerebellar Hypoplasia is an incurable disease caused by an underdeveloped cerebellum - a part of the brain which controls movement.
Symptoms can range from mild to severe - causing them to stumble and stutter as they navigate through day-to-day activities such as walking, eating, and jumping.
Despite the odds, owner Emily Horner, 26, says the pair are still able to do everything else a 'normal' cat can - just with a bit more fumbling about.
She said: "My boys are classified as mild, they can do almost everything other cats can.
"They run around, play together and shred my sofa to pieces, just like any cat, there's just more falling over involved.
"Bones [grey] is the boss of the two, he's very vocal. Pablo [ginger] is the baby of the two, he's a bit more timid but loves being brushed and fussed over. Both are massive foodies."
According to research - Cerebellar Hypoplasia develops when a mother is severely malnourished during the pregnancy phase.
Although it is a mild form of the disease - Emily says she must still keep a watchful eye on the pair to avoid any accidents.
"I do have to be more careful of things that can present a danger to them"
"We have carpeted stairs and CH (Cerebellar Hypoplasia) cats are excellent climbers so they've managed to manoeuvre those with a bit of practice."
Emily, who works in Customers operations in Bristol, adopted the adorable duo a month ago.
Image by: Emily Horner
Image by: Emily Horner
Image by: Emily Horner
The charity, World Animal Friends, specialise in re-homing special needs animals.
Pablo and Bones were being fostered and believed to have been strays at the time.
"The first few nights at hers they slept on the cold floors at her house, they had to learn that sofas were comfy etc"
"They are also scared of people walking around in shoes and seem to eat like they don't know when their next meal is coming."
Emily describes being "instantly sold" after their foster owner sent a picture of them.
"I was actually in contact with the charity about adopting a different cat, but the lady I was speaking to asked if instead of one, if I would consider two, she sent me a picture of the two of them and I was immediately sold".
Emily later created an Instagram account to give her friends a break from the bombardment of pictures she would send of them.
She also discovered communities who had pets living with the same condition.
"People love seeing what my boys get up to and how they navigate the world."
"I found out about CH cats through a page called orangeandblackisthenewtan. They helped to educate me on CH and it leads to me adopting two disabled boys."
"I'm hoping to also show people that disabled animals are in just as much need for a loving home, and just because they are disabled, it doesn't mean they can't have a long happy life with you."
You can watch Emily document Pablo & Bones' wobbly adventures on their Instagram @pablo.and.bones.
Video by: Emily Horner
Meet the baby who was so tiny when he arrived almost three months early - he was dwarfed by his TEDDY BEAR
Image by: Danielle Forrester
Meet the baby who was so tiny when he arrived almost three months early - he was dwarfed by his TEDDY BEAR.
Little Logan Teague weighed just 1lbs 8oz when he was born 11 weeks early on 30th September 2019.
His mum, Danielle Forrester, 24, and dad, Ben Teague, 24, a van driver, nestled a teddy bear beside him to comfort him whilst he was in an incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit at Northampton General Hospital.
The soft toy was bigger than the tiny tot, but after nine weeks in hospital, Logan battled to full health and was allowed home to Northampton, East Midlands.
Now four months old and weighing 6lbs 10oz, Logan still has the bear - affectionately named 'Ted' - which has become a firm favourite.
Mum Danielle, who works in recruitment, said: "When Logan was born we put a little teddy bear in his incubator to comfort him while he was in hospital.
"The teddy was pretty small, but Logan was so weeny, it swamped him.
"It made us realise just how tiny and fragile he was.
"He's come such a long way and is now in proportion with his little bear. It's become one of his favourite toys - he loves snuggling up with it.
"We are so proud of how far he's come."
Danielle discovered she was expecting when she was 13 weeks gone in June 2019.
She said: "I found out quite late that I was pregnant.
"I hadn't really noticed any symptoms - like morning sickness or back ache.
"But when my clothes stopped fitting me, I suddenly thought: 'I haven't had my period for a while.'
"I did three pregnancy tests which came back inconclusive.
"But when I took the next three they were all positive.
"I rang the doctors and made an appointment which confirmed I was having a baby - by which point I was already 13 weeks along."
Image by: Danielle Forrester
Image by: Danielle Forrester
Image by: Danielle Forrester
Although the couple hadn't planned to start a family so soon, they were thrilled at the prospect of becoming parents.
Danielle said: "It was a bit of a shock at first. I was on the pill and we hadn't planned it.
"We had always wanted to have a baby, but thought it would be a bit later on in our lives.
"Once we got our head around the news, it was a lovely surprise."
Danielle said she had a 'textbook pregnancy' at first and felt she was 'coasting through it'.
She said: "I only had morning sickness a couple of times.
"I felt really like it was an easy, textbook pregnancy at the beginning.
"I was sailing through.
"We found out we were having a little boy at our 20-week scan and we were both thrilled. It's just what we wanted."
Danielle's pregnancy was classed as high-risk as she had a kidney removed five years previously after the organ failed and was causing health problems for her.
She said: "As I only had one kidney, they wanted to make sure my body could cope with the pregnancy.
"I had appointments with a consultant every month to check on the baby and everything seemed fine."
At 28 weeks, in September 2019, Danielle suffered a bleed.
She said: "It was terrifying.
"We rushed straight to Northampton General Hospital.
"They didn't know what had caused it at first - they did ultrasounds to check on the baby and I was hooked up to a monitoring system.
"I was kept in hospital for a few days while doctors tried to get to the bottom of it.
"I was warned it was unlikely I'd be able to go home before I had the baby - so I thought I might be in there for a while.
"A scan showed the baby was breech and medics eventually found the bleeding had been caused by a slight tear in my placenta.
"A couple of days later, I had another big bleed and when they hooked me up to the monitor they found the baby's heart kept dipping and slowing down.
"They could see the placenta was tearing even more and told me the next day I'd need to undergo an emergency c-section.
"On the day Logan was born, when transferring from the wheelchair to the operating table, I had another big bleed which the doctors said was my placenta detaching fully.
"It meant there was a limited amount of time to get Logan out safely so it was all a bit frantic.
"I had to have an epidural injected into my spine to numb me from my boobs down, but it only numbed the right side of my body.
"The doctors became very worried and explained that they could give me the injection again to see if it numbs the left side otherwise I would have to be put to sleep which could be dangerous.
"Luckily the second lot of the epidural worked and I was completely numb.
"Logan let out a big scream when they took him out of my stomach which made both Ben and I cry - mainly tears of relief."
Image by: Danielle Forrester
Image by: Danielle Forrester
Image by: Danielle Forrester
Little Logan was born on 30th September 2019 at 2.07pm weighing 1lbs 8oz - but his weight dropped to just 1lbs 6oz a couple of days after he was born.
Danielle said: "Ben was in the operating theatre with me and as soon as Logan arrived we were able to have a quick glance.
"He was popped in a sandwich bag to keep warm and was put on oxygen straight away.
"Medics brought him over so we could say 'hello' to our son, before he was whisked up to the NICU ward.
"It was so hard not being able to touch or hold him."
The new parents were able to properly meet their little boy a few hours after the birth.
Danielle said: "It was crazy when we first saw him.
"He was so tiny - you could hold him in the palm of your hand.
"We were allowed a quick cuddle then.
"My mum, Donna, 45, had bought Logan a teddy bear before he was born - whilst I was in hospital.
"I remember thinking it was so diddy.
"When Logan arrived, we decided to put it in his incubator with him to comfort him. We wanted him to have something.
"But Logan was so small the teddy swamped him."
Logan was in hospital for nine weeks, before he was strong enough to leave.
Danielle said: "We were really lucky.
"Because I'd been in hospital for a week before Logan was born, I was given steroids and magnesium to help strengthen his lungs as they weren't fully developed.
"He came off oxygen a week after he was born.
"We only had one hiccup with his breathing which was when his iron levels dropped really low and he had to go back on oxygen for a few days.
"He also had to have two blood transfusions.
"The first one was when he was two weeks old - but he wasn't strong enough for it until he had the oxygen.
"The second was when he was six weeks old.
"They were to top up his blood - because his iron was so low - to try and get him a bit stronger as, at first, he wasn't breathing for himself or feeding as much."
Danielle added: "The doctors originally said Logan would be in hospital until his due date - 16th December 2019 - or maybe even a bit longer.
"But he came home ahead of time - at the beginning of December.
"He is now four months old and weighs 6lbs 10oz.
"When I look at the teddy bear now I can't believe Logan was ever smaller than it. It's one of his favourite toys.
"We are so proud of him and how far he has come."
This is the heart pounding footage that shows a troop of daredevils launching themselves across an 80 METER Canyon on a gigantic catapult!
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This is the heart pounding footage showing a troop of daredevils launching themselves across an 80 METER canyon - on a giant zipwire.
The world-famous acrobats are seen riding the so-called 'Y Zipline' in an insane adrenaline-fuelled experience.
Dunking Devils took a different spin on the traditional zipline, a popular activity among adrenaline lovers.
The main difference between the traditional zipline and Y Zipline is the fact that the latter is instead of 1 made of 3 cables in the shape of letter Y.
Whereas the traditional zipline takes you from point A to B down a straight line, the ride down the Y Zipline ends at the junction of all three branches. The impact with the knot then generates enough force and momentum to catapult you high in the air!
DD Squad often travel to different locations to film their episodes, but this time, they found the perfect spot just 20 minutes from one of Europe’s greenest capitals - Ljubljana.
Image by: Domen Rozman
Image by: Domen Rozman
Image by: Domen Rozman
The guys from DD Squad had caught wind of epic cliffs at Lake Trboje a while ago, so they decided to check them out and see whether they were suitable for cliff diving. Luckily, the location ended up being just what they were after - the entire river canyon is lined with beautiful cliffs of up to 15 meters tall.
Matevž Pogačar, Dunking Devils acrobat and member of DD Squad, said: “The idea of turning a traditional zipline into some kind of a catapult had been in our minds for a very long time.
"I’m happy we’ve finally done it! The whole setup was quite challenging - we had absolutely no idea how the apparatus would work.
“It took us three days to set up the zipline and a lot of trial and error until everything worked just as we had imagined.
"During our 7-day zipline adventure we met some really nice locals, who encouraged us during our stunts and even lent us a helping hand with the setup.
“The whole experience was really positive, so we will definitely return to Lake Trboje!”
Video by: Domen Rozman
Baffled hairdresser films cat using bathroom toilet like a person whilst its owner gets a fresh trim
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A stunned hairdresser filmed the bizarre moment a clever cat hopped up onto its owner's bathroom toilet and used it just like a person.
Kirstie Fraser, 32, was gobsmacked when two-year-old house cat Butch perched on the toilet seat and had a wee.
Mobile hairdresser Kirstie grabbed her phone and hit record when saw Butch use the loo rather a litter tray, like almost every other house cat.
Kirstie was washing Butch's 28-year-old owner's hair at her flat, in Aberdeen, Scotland, when he decided to nip to the loo.
The video footage shows the moment Butch perched over the toilet bowl on his back legs to have a wee.
Kirstie said: “The cat just wandered into the bathroom and sat on the toilet. The owner said it was normal and Butch does it all the time. I was really shocked and couldn’t believe it.
"I’ve never seen anything like that before. I found it very funny and pretty bizarre. It is very intelligent. I didn’t know cats could do that.”
Kirstie, from Aberdeen, revealed that Butch is a pampered house cat and does not venture outside.
He lives in a flat in central Aberdeen with his owner, who wishes to remain anonymous.
Pet owners are most commonly known to train their cats to use litter trays.
Video by: Kirstie Fraser
Easter eggs have already hit the shelves - over 100 days before they will be consumed
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Easter eggs have already hit the shelves - more than 100 days before they will be eaten.
The Co-op started displaying its range of chocolate eggs just two days after Christmas.
Several bemused shoppers said the rapid turnaround from the festive period to Easter products was 'ridiculous'.
The shelves in the Southwell Notts., and Cottingham, East Yorks., are among those now stacked with chocolate eggs, bunnies and chicks more than three months until Easter Sunday falls on April 12 next year.
Shopper, Charlotte Donnelly, 33, said: "It's like the shops are wishing our lives away.
"We had Christmas preparations from September onwards and now we're all just recovering from that we're being made to think about April already. It's ridiculous."
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Image by: Tom Maddick SWNS
Image by: Tom Maddick SWNS
Friendly looking Easter bunnies and chicks are being sold on lollies for just a pound and Lindt chocolate bunnies are going for £2.50.
But mum-of-two Samantha Tide, 45, thinks just after Christmas is the wrong time to be promoting them.
She said: "It's so frustrating to be met with all these new chocolates when you're in a shop with your kids.
"All they want are eggs or chocolate lollipops because you can't get away from them.
"I'm partial to a Cadburys Creme Egg myself but not in January when the diet starts. Give me until March or April and I'll definitely be off the wagon and ready to buy one."
Disturbing footage shows a carer slapping, pushing and dragging a vulnerable man in his own home
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This is the disturbing moment a carer was caught on hidden camera slapping, pushing and dragging a vulnerable man in his own home.
Footage released by police shows Pearline Baugh, 62, carrying out a catalogue of abuse on Peter Evans, 20, who has autism, epilepsy and is unable to speak.
Baugh was jailed for four months after admitting a charge of ill-treating an individual last month.
The mum-of-four was employed as a night carer after Peter began struggling to sleep and his mum Louise Evans, 41 needed extra help.
Peter was described as “prone to fits several times a day”, and in need of “a great deal of care”, while his 11-year-old brother also has autism and epilepsy as well as ADHD.
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Baugh was trusted with taking care of Peter downstairs while single mum Louise slept upstairs at the family's home in Bartley Green Birmingham.
In early 2019, Louise became suspicious Baugh was sleeping on the job and using her mobile phone too much so installed a camera in Peter’s bedroom.
But when Louise checked back over the footage, she saw the brutal treatment the carer had been subjecting Peter to.
Other recordings were said to show Baugh, of Sheldon, Birmingham pushing Peter on to his bed and bending his body in half.
Birmingham Crown Court heard when Louis confronted Naugh, she denied the accusations and was told to leave the house.
Louise handed over the video footage to officers who carried out an investigation, before Baugh was arrested and charged.
Video by: Simon Galloway
A mum who posted a two star review for a takeaway was sent a letter by the manager calling her ''pathetic'' - and saying he should have given her food to pigs
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A mum who posted a two star review for a takeaway was sent a letter by the manager calling her ''pathetic'' - and saying he should have given her food to pigs.
Aimee Casey, 27, posted a scathing write-up on a food ordering app after spending £14 on chicken and chips from Sam's Fried Chicken.
She described the food as "slimy" and claimed even her dog wouldn't eat it - to which the restaurant took great offence.
Aimee received a searing note from the manager three days after she left her review accusing her of having no morals - and banning her from eating there again.
The letter said: "Your comment on the review page is disgusting; you compared our food with dog food.
"You are a pathetic women you do not have moral value.
"If we had known you are such a low graded person we would not have served you, infect we would have donated your order to Pig farm so that Pig can enjoy the food better then you.
"Do not order from us again. We will make sure all other takeaways know of your low lifeless."
The letter is signed 'Sayd Ahmed, Manager'.
Student Aimee said: "I was shocked when I saw it; I thought it was going to be a voucher. It didn't make me feel great. It's very strongly worded.
"It was an honest review. That's what they are for - to let people know what the food is like.
"It's quite scary to think he has my address and he's sending letters like that. It wasn't nice. I've got a baby. It does make you wonder.
"I think it's a really abusive approach, and he really shouldn't be doing that. It's defamation of character.
"If the dog wouldn't eat it I wasn't going to. It was red in the middle. I won't be ordering from them again."
Aimee ordered from the takeaway, located in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, on January 6 and posted the two-star review that evening.
The text has since been deleted, although the rating is still online.
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Image by: Jon Mills
She wrote: "Awful food. Tasted like it had been brought from Iceland and dunked in a fryer for an hour!
"Really unsatisfied, and they gave me extra chips to try and hide the fact the rest of the food was bad.
"The chicken was slimy, and even my dog wouldn't eat it."
The restaurant also replied online, under the name 'Sam's Fried Chicken'. Their response is still available to view.
It said: "Thank you for taking time writing the review. You should have called the shop to complain before you write a very disgusting review.
"Please don’t order from us again. Thank you."
When approached about his comments, Mr Ahmed said: "She should have phoned us and said the food was not good enough, and we could have sorted something out instead.
"Putting a review is no problem, just don't compare the food for human consumption to dog food.
"We are Muslim, we respect our food, so these insults disrespected our religion."
Aimee, who is expecting her third child, added: "I'm not sure why he's saying that. I didn't know their religion when I ordered the food."
Sam's Fried Chicken is rated four out of six stars on the app, based on 58 reviews.
This is the heart stopping moment that a base jumper takes a leap of faith and skis off an Icy mountain.
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This is the heart-stopping moment a base jumper literally took a leap of faith - and skied off an icy mountain top.
Ex-Royal Marine Tim Howell hurtled off the slope then parasailed to make a safe landing on a frozen lake in Oeschinen Kandersteg, Switzerland.
The video, shot on January 7th 2020, also shows his good friend Maria Mcfly performing the same daring feat.
Extreme sports fanatic Tim, 28, from Martock, Somerset, said: “We set out to jump from this well photographed cliff.
"It is a very popular area for hiking and swimming in the summer.
"In winter the frozen lake is used for ice fishing and ice hockey, so new knew it would be thick enough to land on.”
“We finally found a part of the cliff that was steep enough and big enough. Landing on the lake was a really odd experience.
"We skated back to shore over big cracks in the ice.”
Video by: Tim Howell
Six-year-old girl saves mother's life after spotting she was having a stroke on a plane - caused by the take off
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A six-year-old girl saved her mother's life after she spotted she was having a stroke on a plane - caused by the take off.
Alexandra Hajipaulis, 39, was on a Ryanair flight to Crete with her daughter Jaideen when she suffered an ischemic stroke.
It is thought to have been caused by a bubble of air in a vein which travelled up to her brain when the air pressure changed during the plane's ascent.
Brave Jaideen noticed her mum was unconscious and alerted an air hostess.
Thankfully, a doctor sitting behind Alex recognised her symptoms as a stroke and ordered staff to land the plane, where she was then rushed to hospital in a coma.
Alex, from Wolverhampton, is now paralysed completely in both legs and her left arm - but is grateful that her little girl's swift actions saved her life.
Her mother Lorna Hajipaulis, 66, has moved back to the UK from Crete to care for her daughter and two grandchildren full time.
Alex said: "Jaideen saved my life - she knew something was wrong, she got me help even though she was only six years old at the time, I'm so proud of her."
Before her stroke, museum worker Alex was a happy and healthy mother of two living in Wolverhampton.
On 17 July 2018, she boarded a plane to visit her mother Lorna at her home in Crete, Greece, taking her Jaideen with her.
Halfway into the flight, Alex collapsed in her seat - leaving her six year old daughter to alert an air hostess to her unconscious mother.
The flight made an emergency stop in Italy where Alex was rushed to hospital immediately from the airport in a coma.
She underwent hemicraniectomy surgery the next day where a large flap of the skull is removed and the dura is opened to give space for the swollen brain to bulge, reducing the intracranial pressure.
The young mum was then in a coma for 10 days while Lorna travelled to Italy.
Lorna said: "I heard from Alex that she'd boarded the plane and then just a few hours later, someone rang me from the hospital to say she'd had a stroke.
"I couldn't believe what I was hearing, but before I knew it, I was on the next flight to Italy and racing to the hospital.
"We didn't know if she'd pull through, and everybody was speaking Italian and telling us it was going to cost thousands to save Alex.
"I had to reach out to relatives and even set up a GoFundMe page to raise the £25,000 needed to get Alex home to the UK.
"Alex didn't have the right kind of insurance that would cover what happened to her, and so we had to suddenly raise all this money to get her home safe."
Image by: Lorna Hajipaulis
Image by: Lorna Hajipaulis
Image by: Lorna Hajipaulis
Alex's stroke is thought to have been caused by an air embolism secondary to a bronchogenic cyst.
This is where a previously undetected lung cyst ruptures inside the body due to air pressure rapidly changing, such as in a plane or a submarine.
The rupture of the cyst causes an air embolism to travel to the brain and leads to sufferers experiencing either a stroke or a coma.
Alex spent a month in the hospital in Italy before she was repatriated to ITU at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 13 August 2018.
Due to the nature of her stroke, Alex's flight home had to be at a lower level than normal to reduce the chances of her having another stroke.
She stayed at the hospital for six weeks before she was moved to a rehab centre in Wolverhampton in October 2018.
Lorna then moved Alex home for nine months before she was offered a place at a care home in September this year, where she remains.
"The stroke has completely changed my life - it's ruined my life," Alex said.
"I can't walk any more, I'm stuck in bed, I can't work, I miss being a mum to my girls.
"Before this happened to me, I was having two showers a day, but I haven't even had one since my stroke and that was 17 months ago.
"I was completely unconscious on the plane and then for the whole time I was in Italy so I can't remember what happened.
"I didn't even speak until six weeks after my stroke, I was completely out of it."
Lorna added: "Alex has been left feeling disabled and suicidal following her stroke and the care she has received.
"It's been 17 months since Alex had her stroke and she's deteriorating both physically and mentally rather than being on the road to recovery.
"The care homes that she has stayed at haven't had the facilities needed to wash someone of Alex's size properly, so she hasn't had a bath or shower in a year and a half.
"She's only getting under an hour of daily physiotherapy Monday to Friday where she's staying right now and it's just not enough to help get her back on her feet which is what she wants to do.
"I did pay for some private physiotherapy which was amazing, we couldn't afford to keep it going although I wish we could have.
"I just want someone to help my daughter, she's just been left to suffer after her stroke and I'm so angry to see her being reduced to living like this.
"Alex is a 40 year old woman with two daughters, she just wants to go home and be a mum to her children again and go back to work so she can be a contributing member of society, but she can't do that.
"The stroke has completely changed my daughter's life and I'm angry that she has not received the help she needs which is affecting her mental health massively.
"It seems that if you're under 40 and you have a stroke, you just get stuck in a home and forgotten about - I'm sure Alex isn't the only one to have experienced this.
"We just want someone to help her. Alex doesn't like being like this, she wants to work, she still has feeling in her legs, she just needs help.
"We are convinced that with the right physiotherapy, Alex could walk again - that's all we want to happen."
