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Jake’s Christmas was nearly his last

Jake Clift, 29, Armadale, WA

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Tucking into turkey and prawns with all the trimmings, it was delicious. I lived with my mum, Debbie, and she’d put on a Christmas lunch for me and my siblings, Joshua, 33, Travis, 28, Chloe, 26, and Bella, 23.

My younger daughter Matilda, two, was spending the day with her mum, but I’d enjoyed playing with my older girl, Willow, four, and her guinea pig.

Going to bed that night, I was full of food and Christmas cheer. But when I woke up the next morning, I was exhausted.

I feel so sick, I thought. I wondered if I had gastro or whether I’d

 ??  ?? Willow, me and Matilda before I fell ill
Willow, me and Matilda before I fell ill

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