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Article: News Life is just one long battle for brave Rebecca; Just surviving one more day is a battle for 13-year-old Rebecca McKeown. She is literally living on borrowed time and endures a cocktail of disabilities and illnesses which many adults could never endure. KAREN QUINN discovers how Rebecca's living nightmare has affected her family.(News)
- Article from:
- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2000
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REBECCA'S mother continues to be astounded by her daughter's battle against all odds to reach her teenage years.
For Rebecca is unable to communicate with the outside world and suffers more than 20 seizures a day. A simple cough or sneeze from someone in the same room could be enough to trigger a seizure.
But, in what is a tribute to the Newtownabbey girl's spirit and her parents' loving care, Rebecca has clung to life.
She is now 13 with a personality all of her own and a joy to be around.
Doctors have been astounded by Rebecca's ...