Speaking to ITV1's Daybreak, the father said: ‘When we went to Singapore she was not conscious but she had tears in her eyes. Then I realised she was in a really bad state.
“I couldn't think what to do at that time, I was like a bird without wings, I was neither here nor there ... So when I thought she might get better, I used to get filled with some hope. When I was told that she might not get well and might have to have an operation I felt uncomfortable.