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Radio Surrey,12 mins

A dying mother's legacy

Breakfast on BBC Radio Surrey

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Shortly after giving birth to her son, Ornella Kotupanova, 30, was given the devastating news that her rare form of cancer had returned and spread. Doctors have told her she has up to a year to live, perhaps as little as six months. Ornella, from Caterham, is trying to raise money to visit Germany for treatment, as well as producing a book to help her son remember her.

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