Barrie, her carer and closest confidant, carries her over his shoulder into the bathroom and puts her gently down on the floor so she can attend to the stoma. When it’s done, she calls him to carry her back to her chair.
“I’m just in awe of Liberty and her mind and the way she is able to put everything into perspective, notwithstanding the pain she’s in,” Barrie says.
Liberty’s co-ordinating VAD practitioner, Dr Clare Fellingham, sees in them resilience personified. “They’re both well aware that if Barrie wasn't there, Liberty would have chosen to leave this earth many moons ago.
"Being able to self-care and deal with her stoma once every five days, is her line in the sand. When she's unable to do that, she’ll know it’s time.
“People need to make their own decisions about when they have reached that limit of their suffering.”
