BBC presenter opens up on ‘total shock’ over brain tumour diagnosis after horror bike crash
Credit: thebraintumourcharity"We just thought she'd overdone it as a fresher because there was always something going on with her, be it tonsillitis or glandular fever," her mum Debi told the charity
"She appeared to have been dribbling chocolate, but looking back at the photos, I can see now that she had a face droop," Debi, 58, said."She went, but the people who look after our villa said they’d seen her lying on the floor," Debi, a retired GP, said."When she came back, she looked like she’d had a stroke and couldn’t really open her eye.
By February 2019, she was "really struggling with her mobility" so she was admitted as an inpatient at a hospital in Germany. "She died with Tim and me by her side, peacefully, and with bravery and dignity, having survived 18 months from diagnosis," Debi said."We will never get over the pain of losing Emily, but knowing we’re doing what she wanted, helping others by funding research into the type of tumour she had, gives us great comfort," Debi told
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