WHEN Ellen Swarbrick woke up with a swollen face in spring 2022 she put it down to hay fever.

Two years later she would find out it was one of the first signs of a killer disease - and she'd need her mum to save her life.

Ellen was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease after she continued to get a "puffy" face, despite taking antihistamines.

Other symptoms also appeared, many of which she put down to starting a new job.

The 28-year-old from Wilmslow, Cheshire, said: "I was working really hard, feeling more and more tired.

"The puffiness had continued and was probably getting a lot worse. Because it was summer at the time I thought it was hay fever.

"It used to go down by the evening, which made me feel like the antihistamines were working.

"In reality it was just when I was sleeping

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