'My daughter has SMA like Jesy's twins - being paralysed isn't even worst part'
- Posted on January 24, 2026
- By The Mirror
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'My daughter has SMA like Jesy's twins - being paralysed isn't even worst part'

As the Mirror's heel prick campaign for newborns continues, we meet Sophie Howes whose seven-year-old daughter Anouk was diagnosed with SMA like Jesy Nelson's twins. She says there is no time to waste - the £5 test is a matter of life and death