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DIY SOS help 'life-changing' for MS Torquay dad | DIY SOS help 'life-changing' for MS Torquay dad |
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A father with multiple sclerosis (MS) whose family was helped by DIY SOS described the adaptation of his house as "life-changing". | A father with multiple sclerosis (MS) whose family was helped by DIY SOS described the adaptation of his house as "life-changing". |
Before the show, Stuart Philp, from Torquay, Devon, had been living and sleeping in a chair in his living room. | Before the show, Stuart Philp, from Torquay, Devon, had been living and sleeping in a chair in his living room. |
His blind mother, Lin Philp, walked across town every day to care for him but they are now able to live under the same roof. | His blind mother, Lin Philp, walked across town every day to care for him but they are now able to live under the same roof. |
"I don't know how you've done it," Mr Philp said to the BBC TV team. | "I don't know how you've done it," Mr Philp said to the BBC TV team. |
He developed the condition, that affects the brain and spinal cord, more than 15 years ago when his daughter Lauren was six months old. | He developed the condition, that affects the brain and spinal cord, more than 15 years ago when his daughter Lauren was six months old. |
"I've tried not to let my illness interfere with how she's growing up," he said. | "I've tried not to let my illness interfere with how she's growing up," he said. |
"With MS, it's a disease that's got no rules to it really. You get steadily worse." | "With MS, it's a disease that's got no rules to it really. You get steadily worse." |
The DIY SOS team built care facilities for 6ft 7in (2m) tall Stuart, including a bedroom, physio space, wet room, living space and the ability to access the entire ground floor and garden. | The DIY SOS team built care facilities for 6ft 7in (2m) tall Stuart, including a bedroom, physio space, wet room, living space and the ability to access the entire ground floor and garden. |
Ms Philp also needed a specially adapted extra bedroom for blind-assisted living. | Ms Philp also needed a specially adapted extra bedroom for blind-assisted living. |
For her, the changes mean her son will now not have to move into a care home. | For her, the changes mean her son will now not have to move into a care home. |
"It would break my heart because I know how much he'd hate it," she said. | "It would break my heart because I know how much he'd hate it," she said. |
"He'll always be my son, my baby." | "He'll always be my son, my baby." |
Mr Philp's daughter Lauren said the house's new layout would "change us and help us". | Mr Philp's daughter Lauren said the house's new layout would "change us and help us". |
"It's going to bring us so much closer together and make us so much happier," she said. | "It's going to bring us so much closer together and make us so much happier," she said. |
"It will take so much stress off our shoulders." | |
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