Overview
- Emma Bray received her motor neurone disease diagnosis in July 2023 after a three-year search for answers and now cannot use her limbs or feed herself unaided.
- She will begin voluntarily stopping eating and drinking this summer once her daughter’s exams conclude, with hospice staff providing comfort over the anticipated 10- to 14-day process.
- Bray has organised her funeral and eulogy and aims for a calm passing to protect her two teenage children from the traumatic decline associated with MND.
- She supports the Assisted Dying Bill, arguing it would give legal clarity and protection to patients with less than six months to live seeking control over their deaths.
- Currently cared for at home by multiple daily carers, Bray envisions her final days surrounded by music, friends and family to ensure dignity and solace.