At the height of her illness, Nikki had a BMI (body mass index) of 10, and spent two weeks in hospital before returning home and passing away shortly afterwards.
Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Sue explained: “She was blue-lighted to the local hospital in Dorset and she was there for two weeks.
“She had a BMI of 10, she was pitiful, and I went there every day to shower her, to dress her, to sit with her while she ate, to take the load off the nurses, it wasn’t a specialised unit.
“Nikki managed to convince them ‘I’ll be fine when I go home’. They’d already said we can’t have you, you can’t make stairs, so they let her home and she died that night.”
If not treated, anorexia can be fatal, but many of the physical effects of anorexia are reversible, with a full recovery from the condition possible. One of the main treatments used to help individuals with anorexia is talking therapies.