Jessica Stoate 's father Richard died when she was four , from a heart defect . She has been in and out of hospitals since then with no end in sight to her health problems.
Jessica Stoate 's father Richard died when she was four , from a heart defect . 10 years later her mother Samantha died after a five-year battle with cancer . She made made a promise to her parents not to let another little girl lose what she had or live her life as she would . Growing up she described feeling as though she was 'nobody 's child ' She kept her tragic past a secret eager not to be treated differently . On Mother 's Day she is fulfilling her promise launching a new campaign . She 's running a marathon to raise money for cancer charity Anthony Nolan .