For most families a birthday is usually a cause for celebration. But for parents Cat and Chris Sweet it's a reminder of how cruel life can be.
Because every birthday marks a year their three children get one step closer to permanently needing wheelchairs due to their rare conditions. "I'm really strong most of the time but I always have a wobble on their birthdays," Cat says. "I hate it because it's one step nearer to a bad day." All three of their children, Louisa, 16, Max, 13, and Harry, seven, have life-limiting illnesses which will get worse over time.
Harry has suffered with Ehlers Danlos syndrome since birth, which causes him so much pain in his joints that he struggles to sleep and in 2017, genetic testing found that Louisa and Max
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