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'I've given up eating hot meals to pay for equipment to keep my son alive'
Key takeaways
- Across the UK parents are cutting corners wherever possible to make sure they can afford to look after their children.
- "I forget that it's not normal for someone not to cook food or to sit without the lights on because it saves energy," Samantha says.
- Her son Lewis, now 22, is dependent on a ventilator, as well as humidifiers, suction machines and oxygen concentrators, to keep him alive, after falling seriously ill as a toddler.
Kit Taylor Yorkshire Kit Taylor/BBCSamantha Tolmie provides 24-hour care for her son Lewis Samantha Tolmie has given up eating hot meals in order to pay for the vital equipment keeping her son alive - and she is not alone. Across the UK parents are cutting corners wherever possible to make sure they can afford to look after their children.
"I forget that it's not normal for someone not to cook food or to sit without the lights on because it saves energy," Samantha says.
Her son Lewis, now 22, is dependent on a ventilator, as well as humidifiers, suction machines and oxygen concentrators, to keep him alive, after falling seriously ill as a toddler.
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