article_snippet: Children normally grow out of it by three.
article_snippet: Within six months, Claire and Claire husband Oliver, a professor of theology, were housebound caring for Mathilda.
article_snippet: doctors quickly wrote us off as an anxious mother and a pain-in-the-a
article_snippet: Convinced their daughter needed to be under Dr Dr Mignot’s care — who would provide the expensive drug therapy their daughter needed for free — the family moved to California four years ago.
article_snippet: A course of Xyrem costs £12,000 a year,’ says Claire.
article_snippet: The drug treatment has been ‘life-changing,’ Claire says.
article_snippet: For more on Mathilda's story, visit Claire's website: www.alondonerinla.com .