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Gomersal mum wins bravery award
A mum has been given a bravery award for her courage after she discovered her first-born son had incurable cancer while heavily pregnant with her second child.
Stephanie Nuttall, from Gomersal, and her husband Stuart took the difficult decision to allow their young son to have chemotherapy to prolong his life so he could meet his little brother.
Finlay was diagnosed with a malignant tumour in his liver in November 2008.
His brother Lachlan, now 14 months, was born in December, with the family able to spend a few precious weeks together before Finlay died in February last year.
She said: "We really wanted him to meet his brother. We just felt that we did not want them to miss those days."
Finlay was treated in Leeds and received support from cancer charity Candlelighters.
Mrs Nuttall, now pregnant with her third child, is backing the charity's 500,000 appeal to help move its ward and outpatients' clinic from St James's Hospital to Leeds General Infirmary.
She won the title of Bravest Mum 2009/10 in the Mother and Baby Awards and donated her 100 voucher to help pay for a party for youngsters with cancer.
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