Jesy Nelson reveals her twins are unlikely to walk after spinal muscular atrophy diagnosis

Nelson said she had made her children’s diagnosis public as she wanted to raise awareness of the condition.
Jesy Nelson reveals her twins are unlikely to walk after spinal muscular atrophy diagnosis

Jesy Nelson has revealed her twins have been diagnosed with SMA1 (Doug Peters/PA)

Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson has revealed her twin babies are unlikely to ever be able to walk after being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition.

The 34-year-old singer, who gave birth to twins Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson-Foster prematurely in May with fiance Zion Foster, has revealed they have been diagnosed with SMA1 (spinal muscular atrophy).

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