Richard Hogan: 'As I was dressing her, she told me she felt tired, and then she had a seizure'

"I have never experienced distress like this in my life. The sheer helplessness, the panic. Terror."

Richard Hogan. Photograph Moya Nolan

Last Friday, I learned a very valuable lesson; family is absolutely everything. It’s not that I didn’t already know that, of course I did, but things get in the way of remaining focused on that fundamental truth. 

As John Lennon explained, "Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans".