The devastated siblings of a teenager who died after returning home from holiday with what she thought was tonsillitis have revealed the final texts she sent.
Leah Rogers fell ill shortly after returning to the UK from a holiday with friends in Spain with tonsillitis-like symptoms. The 17-year-old regularly came down with the throat infection but she and her family had no idea that this time she only had days left to live.
Her family were warned not to Google her condition, HLH (haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis) after she was diagnosed. Leah's sister Becky, 33, was due to go with her to Majorca but dropped out after sadly suffering a miscarriage, meaning Leah went with friends instead, reports the Mirror.
Becky said: "I've still got messages on my phone where she's at the airport texting me 'I'm sad you're not here, wish you were here'.
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