'Our happy, healthy daughter told us her belly hurt... twelve hours later we'd lost her forever'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSitting in the waiting room at Manchester Children's Hospital, Shaun Stirrup and his wife Pip sat inconsolable with grief and shock.
Just twenty-four hours before, their fit and healthy six-year-old daughter, Milly-Rose, had been eating an ice lolly and playing on her Nintendo Switch.
She'd had the day off school after contracting a bug which had been doing the rounds. A few hours later, she started complaining of belly ache and said her heart was hurting. READ MORE: The detectives called to Thomas Campbell's home will never forget the scene Her parents took her to hospital, held her hand as she was hooked up to antibiotics, and discussed what they'd do once she was well enough to go home.
But that day never came. Just a few hours after being admitted to hospital, Milly-Rose was tragically pronounced dead. The cause of her rapid deterioration hasn't been formally confirmed, but doctors believe she was suffering from Sepsis.
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