A couple who lost both their children to rare illnesses have become foster parents to honour one of their son’s final wishes.
Karen and Paul Ledsham, from St Helens, Lancashire, said fostering had given them a purpose again after their daughter Abigail and son Harrison died of separate rare conditions at the ages of one and 12 respectively.
The idea to foster came from Harrison, when his sister was unwell with Sandhoff disease, a disorder that attacks the nervous system.
Mrs Ledsham, 48, a nurse, told the PA news agency: “He mentioned that when she goes to heaven could we let somebody come and live with us because, obviously, he’s got nice toys he wants to share because he won’t be able to share with his sister any more, and that kind of conversation was there.
A couple who lost both their children to rare illnesses have become foster parents to honour one of their son’s final wishes.
Karen and Paul Ledsham, from St Helens, Lancashire, said fostering had given them a purpose again after their daughter Abigail and son Harrison died of separate rare conditions at the ages of one and 12 respectively.
The idea to foster came from Harrison, when his sister was unwell with Sandhoff disease, a disorder that attacks the nervous system.
Mrs Ledsham, 48, a nurse, told the PA news agency: “He mentioned that when she goes to heaven could we let somebody come and live with us because, obviously, he’s got nice toys he wants to share because he won’t be able to share with his sister any more, and that kind of conversation was there.