Mom shares heartbreaking birthday letter penned by epileptic teen daughter who died a day after
Tanya Russell's daughter died just one day after her 44th birthday. Now, close to a year-and-a-half later, she has shared a letter the teen wrote for her birthday
A mother has shared the heartbreaking letter given to her before her 44th birthday by her 17-year-old daughter before she tragically passed away in her sleep after suffering an epileptic fit a day after the big day.
According to The Sun, 17-year-old Johdi Russell, of Cheddar, Somerset, suffered a fit in 2016 and had to be taken to an emergency doctor for treatment. Subsequent MRI scans and EEG tests confirmed the teen suffered from epilepsy, a condition that affects 1 in 100 in the UK. She was prescribed medication and would go weeks, and sometimes months, without fits, though bad luck would strike on October 5, 2017.