Mum of tot aged 2 with dementia says 'illness is taking her girl piece by piece' mirror.co.uk

A mum says her two-year-old girl who suffers from childhood dementia is being taken from her 'piece by piece'. Vicky Cunningham's daughter Mirryn is not able to sit or stand on her own and has to lie down all the time after 'half her brain was eaten away by a chromosome disorder'. Mirryn suffers from a very rare disease called CLN1 Battens, which affects the nervous system and causes worsening problems with vision, movement, and thinking ability. She needs round-the-clock care, is fed through a button in her stomach and could die from the slightest infection, the Daily Record reports.