Francesca and Lee Moore-Williams from
London are happily married and are the parents of two sweet children: Bobby and
Bella. But neither of them realised the nightmare that Bella was going to bring
into their lives.
In the beginning everything seemed to be
normal. Bella is a sweet, sprightly 18 month old girl, who is idolised by her
brother and parents. She is the little ray of sunshine in the family.
But during a family holiday the little
Bella suddenly became ill. She even began losing her hair - Francesca and Lee
can't explain what is wrong with their daughter. They quickly drive the little
one to London, where she is taken to the hospital. There she is examined and
the doctors share the terrible discovery with the shocked parents.
After a brain scan anomalies were found
in Bella's brain, which couldn't be good. The little girl's condition visibly
continued to worsen and finally took a dramatic change: she had to be kept
alive by machines, otherwise she would suffocate. Tubes and probes were
attached to her body.
The doctors have no good news for the
distraught parents: a probe into her muscle mass was undertaken and it was
discovered that Bella suffered from a vitamin B12 deficiency. Her body is
unable to produce this enzyme itself, but it's needed to allow the cells to
grow healthily.
Bella suffers from an extremely rare
disease, which affects just 1 in 60000 births. The doctors make it clear for
Bella's parents: the girl with not survive, because her respiration is visibly
deteriorating.
Francesca and Lee make the most
challenging and difficult decision of their lives: they want to turn off
Bella'S life-support machine because she shouldn't have to live in agony or in
a coma.
Friends and family gathered at the
hospital to say their goodbyes. Then came the horrible moment. Francesca and
Lee cry at the bedside of their terminally ill daughter and hold her hand one
last time. One last photo is taken so that they can remember this moment
forever, then they turn off the machine.
"I knew when I held her hand that
she would soon take her last breath," said father Lee. "I could feel
it as her hand got weaker and sank into the bed. Then suddenly she grasped my
finger." All at once the life swamped back into her little body and Bella
began hitting and screaming. She literally fight for her life. A team of
doctors rushed into the room.
Everyone had expected the little girl to
die, but the oxygen levels in her blood began to normalise and she returned to
the living in a complete surprise.
She received new medication for her
disease and to the surprise of everyone, the young girl recovered from her
terrible ordeal at the hospital within just a few weeks.
Five months later Bella looks completely
different. Her hair is growing again and she runs - and even laughs! Lee and
Francesca call her their little Christmas wonder because no one, neither the
doctors, parents or relatives, could have guessed that Bella would simply
survive.
Now she is a completely normal little girl, who loves
to ride on her pink plastic horse and explore the world. But for her parents
and for people worldwide, sie really is a wonder that we should share.
Source : hefty.co