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Article: True Life: If my little boy eats - he could die! When Lisa Johnson, 30, realised Matthew, three, would have to be fed for the rest of his life through a tube for 14 hours a day she found a racy solution...(Features)
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- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 14, 2004
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Byline: GAIL SHORTLAND
My spiky-haired son Matthew looks like any other toddler as he pushes his red racing car around our home in Brixham, Devon. A happy little boy with his toy.
But look closer and you'll see a tube running from a pack in the car, straight into Matthew's tummy. This toy is actually a life-saving piece of equipment - without it, Matthew would die.
When Matthew was born in Torbay Hospital, Devon, on November 26, 2001, he completed my family. My husband Chris, 36, a supermarket manager, and I already had a daughter Laura, now five, ...