We're indebted to Diana nurse Louise for giving our dying child the greatest love of all

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When their child drew his last breath and died in their arms, it was a calm, peaceful and beautiful moment for Melanie and Luke Dyer and their boy — just as CHAS Diana children’s nurse Louise Esson said it would be.“We just held him and told him we loved him and were proud of him,” said mum Mel, whose son, Matthew, passed away at the age of 11 on October 29, 2023.“I felt like he felt safe.

I think he felt loved. CHAS and Louise helped us see it is all quite a beautiful thing, in the end. It was a very special moment we realise we were lucky to have.”The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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There were no signs that there was any reason to worry about that birth. We had a birth de-brief, but nobody explained there could be brain damage.”After four days in neonatal care, Matthew was allowed to spend the night by his mum’s side in a ward in Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.When her baby, who was born