Joanna was diagnosed with learning difficulties at age three and held back at primary school.
But, said Keith and Jean, she was “a very jovial and happy child”. She loved music, discos and karaoke.
At around 18, she started having seizures. Neurologists discovered she had epilepsy and sleep apnoea. They told her to start using a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine at night.
She responded “marvellously” and “immediately ceased” having seizures in her sleep, they said.
Joanna Bailey was a very jovial and happy child who loved discos and karaoke, said her parents.
- Credit: The Bailey Family
But persistent daytime seizures, alongside her learning difficulties, made it impossible for her to work. Craving independence, she moved to a Romford care home, The Grange.