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30.05.2022 - 12:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots family have been left heartbroken after watching their beloved dad deteriorate over nine-months after a devastating 'death sentence' diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
Peter Sommerville, 60, from Wishaw, died on February 4 of this year - just nine-months after being told he had the condition when his terrified daughter phoned an ambulance as he screamed in pain.
MND is an uncommon condition that affects the brain and nerves. Those who are diagnosed become increasingly disabled as the illness takes over the body.
There is currently no cure for MND and the average life-expectancy after diagnosis is one to five years.
Peter's three daughters, Louise, 37, Nicole, 31, and Danielle, 26, have been left distraught after his death as their grief still feels 'raw' with bed-bound mum Jeanette, 60, even sometimes forgetting the loss.
The family faced a heart-wrenching struggle as their dad's "body crumbled but his mind stayed sharp as a tack" while his wife of 35-years continued to recover from a stroke she two years earlier.
Speaking to the Record, Louise said: "From his diagnosis, we thought every day he was dying. We didn't know how fast it was progressing.
"Towards the end, me and my sisters had to feed him his meals. The first time, for each of us, was the hardest and we had to feed this big, strong guy who was our dad.
"His hands were caving in and getting stuck. He found it harder each day to the point he lost movement from his shoulders to elbows. In the end he lost full movement in his hands and arms.
"My dad was a very proud and independent guy so it took him a while to get his head around it. It was hard for him to let us help.
"Every day my dad woke up and he knew that he was dying but he had to keep waking up
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