spikydu
02-25-2009, 06:07 AM
Please add the family to your prayers
very sad
Condolences have been paid to Tory leader David Cameron following the death of his six-year-old disabled son Ivan.
Ivan, who suffered from cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy, was taken ill overnight and died at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, early this morning, a Tory party spokesman announced.
Ivan, who featured in a family Christmas card sent by the Camerons last year, was their first child and was in and out of hospitals all of his life.
He was born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London on April 8, 2002.
On learning of his son's illness, Mr Cameron has said in the past: "It hits you like a freight train because all the expectations you have for your child change immediately."
Mr Cameron and his wife Samantha have two other children, Nancy, five, and Arthur, three.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown led condolences following the death, saying the loss of a child was something "no parent should have to bear".
Mr Brown, whose baby daughter Jennifer Jane died in 2002, said: "Sarah and I were very saddened to hear of the death of Ivan and we have sent our condolences to David and Samantha.
very sad
Condolences have been paid to Tory leader David Cameron following the death of his six-year-old disabled son Ivan.
Ivan, who suffered from cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy, was taken ill overnight and died at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, early this morning, a Tory party spokesman announced.
Ivan, who featured in a family Christmas card sent by the Camerons last year, was their first child and was in and out of hospitals all of his life.
He was born at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in London on April 8, 2002.
On learning of his son's illness, Mr Cameron has said in the past: "It hits you like a freight train because all the expectations you have for your child change immediately."
Mr Cameron and his wife Samantha have two other children, Nancy, five, and Arthur, three.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown led condolences following the death, saying the loss of a child was something "no parent should have to bear".
Mr Brown, whose baby daughter Jennifer Jane died in 2002, said: "Sarah and I were very saddened to hear of the death of Ivan and we have sent our condolences to David and Samantha.