Laura Johnson was just six when it dawned on her that her mother might be a bad person.
Lisa Hayden-Johnson was feted as the nation’s most devoted parent, a woman fighting tooth and nail to manage the litany of life-threatening conditions that afflicted Laura’s younger brother Matthew.
Accompanied by Matthew in his little wheelchair, she appeared on TV: GMTV with Fiona Phillips and The X Factor with Simon Cowell, and had breakfast at Downing Street with then Prime Minister Tony Blair. Matthew, dubbed Britain’s sickest child, was also given a Children Of Courage award by Camilla, then Duchess of Cornwall.
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