By Henry Martin For Mailonline
Published: 20:04 GMT, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 20:04 GMT, 19 February 2019
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A mother has revealed the heartwarming letter her 17-year-old daughter wrote hours before the teenager died in her sleep.
Tanya Russell's daughter Johdi, who was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2016, penned an emotional note for her mother's 44th birthday.
In it, the teenager expresses how she loves her mother 'to infinity and beyond', the Sun reports.
Mrs Russell, from Cheddar, Somerset, says that while the letter is just paper with writing on it, it's 'the most precious thing' she owns, and reading it breaks her heart.
On the day the letter was written, October 5, 2017, Johdi had been off college after suffering an epileptic fit.
Johdi Russell, 17, expressed how she loves her mother 'to infinity and beyond' in a letter
In the letter, the teenager expresses how she loves her mother 'to infinity and beyond'. She also jokes about her mother turning 60
Her parents stayed home to care for her.
Weeks before, Mrs Russell had cancelled a trip to Marbella because she felt a 'terrible feeling of foreboding' in the days leading up to the flight.
Mrs Russell said: 'I can't explain it. I knew I couldn't leave them. If I had gone, she would have died when I was away.'
At roughly 12.25pm, Mrs Russell found Johdi slumped over in her bedroom.
She called 999 and a medical team battled to save Johdi's life, working on her for two hours.
Tragically, the 17-year-old could not
