

'We're all heartbroken.'Īlison added: 'Meg really wanted to be a parent. 'I'm one of five and I have nephews and nieces,' she said. Alison called family members who rushed to the home. The paramedics arrived 'really quickly' but Megan had died some time earlier. I rang the ambulance service and there was a woman on the phone telling me what do, but I knew there was no point.' Where she'd had a seizure, she had fallen down between the bed and the wall. 'I thought I'd check her bedroom one more time and saw what I'd thought was a pile of clothes on the bed. I thought maybe she had gone into town so I drove through Barry, went into shops, rang her sister. It was unusual because she was 25 but I'd always know where she was. I kept trying to ring her and couldn't get an answer. Her bedroom was a mess and I didn't see her there. She recalled: 'I called her at 9.30am and there was no response. She said she only realised something was amiss when she called up to ask if she had taken her medication, as she does every morning. She appeared to be in good form the night before she died, said Alison, who is now a social worker. Megan, who was living at the family home, had not experienced a seizure since April. 'We've already been through this once and we're going through it again,' said Alison. It is the second loss of a child for Robert and Alison after their middle daughter Ellie died in 2001 of sudden infant death syndrome shortly before her second birthday. It is the second loss of a child for Robert and Alison (pictured together) after their middle daughter Ellie died in 2001 of sudden infant death syndrome shortly before her second birthday
