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A devoted father of twins was found dead on the sofa by his partner just days before his daughters' first birthday. Alex Green's body was found in the living room of his home by devastated Chloe Powles. Chloe said she was "ruined" by the incident and cannot bear to be in the same house anymore. Alex, 30, began sleeping on the sofa to avoid disturbing his daughters, Livie and Georgina, who both have rare health conditions that need constant treatment. Recalling the heartbreaking events of August 20, Chloe said Alex came upstairs at around 2am to ask if he could come to bed. But, not wanting to wake the girls, Chloe asked him to go back downstairs. A few hours later Chloe came downstairs to find Alex's lifeless body on the sofa. The babies were sleeping in the couple's bedroom. Chloe, 34, said: "At 8.04am I rang the ambulance because when I came down in the morning he was sitting up on the sofa, blue and stiff. It ruined me – I can't even put it into words." A post-mortem examination will take place and Chloe has been told it could take months or even years to find out the cause of death. Chloe said she hopes to move out of the home in Pencoed, Wales, in the near future. Livie and Georgina celebrated their first birthday two days after the tragedy, but Chloe admitted it became too much when Alex's family sang 'Happy Birthday' and she had to leave the room. Chloe said: "I couldn't do it. I'm not really coping but I have to be okay for the girls. It's just hard – I'd love to just not be okay but I have the girls to think about." The couple had been together for two years after rekindling their relationship from years earlier. They met through Alex's sister, who is also Chloe's best friend. Both formed a bigger family as Alex had an older daughter and Chloe has an eight-year-old daughter, Charlie. They were shocked to find out they were expecting twins, as there is no family history on either side. Tests carried out during Chloe's pregnancy found that one of the babies was not growing as much as the other, but doctors could not determine the cause. At 33 weeks Chloe gave birth on August 22, 2024, with Livie half the size of her twin sister Georgina. Chloe said: "I had them and they were in intensive care and the special care baby unit in Cardiff for two months until we could come home. Livie was still tiny, Georgina was still double the size of her, but they just thought it was just twins and she’d catch up." A month after coming home, Livie was still very small for her age, leaving a consultant worried that Chloe was not feeding her as much as Georgina. But this wasn't the case, and after another two months, Livie was admitted to hospital, where a feeding tube was installed. Doctors were concerned when Livie couldn’t keep the food down. At around seven months old fluids were pumped through her veins to try to help her grow and get much-needed nutrients. Blood tests were then carried out on the tiny baby and it was discovered she had Russell-Silver Syndrome (RSS) – a rare form of dwarfism. Livie now has a permanent feeding tubing in her nose because she is unable to eat enough. She has been referred for a peg in the stomach to feed her as she often pulls out the tube from her nose. After lowering the amount of milk she would need, Chloe said Livie is "thriving" at 8lb 1oz at nearly 15 months old. As this is half the size she is expected to be with her syndrome, she is visiting doctors to start growth hormones. After her birthday Livie was believed to be the smallest one-year-old in the UK. Chloe said: "Alex wanted to do the Guinness World Record, but we just never got around to it because he passed away." Months after the twins were born, Georgina seemed "fine" until Alex noticed something in her eyes. Chloe said: "She was a happy baby and slept through the night. Chloe said: "She was amazing – never without a smile on her face. And then this one night Alex said to me, 'there's something wrong with her eyes.'" Alex had spotted purple colouring in Georgina's eyes, which Chloe didn't worry about at first. But after noticing six-month-old Georgina had stopped following her with her eyes, Chloe spoke to doctors, who agreed to look at her. Thinking there could be something wrong with Georgina's vision, Chloe realised her daughter may be visually impaired. She said: "The thought of Georgina not being able to see was fine – I could deal with that. "I went to the appointment with the eye doctor. He put drops in her eyes and then he put his big glasses on and looked into her eyes. "He then took his glasses off, pushed his chair back, and said: 'You need to go back to the ward, I need to get hold of specialists in Birmingham. I can see tumours in her eyes.'" Within 24 hours they were in Birmingham, where Georgina was put under anaesthetic and doctors found four tumours in both eyes. The next day, back in Cardiff, Georgina had a central line put in and began chemotherapy for the next six months. At such a young age she was only able to have six sessions due to the intensity of the chemotherapy. A series of medical visits followed with chemotherapy at a Cardiff hospital and visits to a specialist eye doctor in Birmingham, to have lasers pointed at the tumours in her eyes. The tumours were continuing to grow in both eyes, meaning Georgina needed chemotherapy injected directly into her eyes every two weeks – one eye at a time. Her left eye has reacted positively to the treatment and now she is expected to only need one more session as the tumour has decreased. But Georgina has already lost her central vision in her right eye and the tumours are still growing. Chloe said: "Every two weeks I go to Birmingham – the tumour has doubled every time. The chemo is not working at all in her right eye. If she didn't have cancer in her left eye the right would have been removed but doctors are working hard to save the eye. "Chemo is now being injected into her groin through an artery and pumped through the veins of the eye." Radiotherapy might be the next option if the eye tumour doesn't reduce. Chloe continued: "She (Georgina) doesn't stop smiling – she has no idea what's going on. "Then she gets wiped out and then comes back to herself. It's torture watching her get wiped away, then back to her happy self, then she gets wiped away again when she’s going through the treatment. "It is torture to watch her go through everything. Everything is my decision now without Alex – what if I make the wrong decision?" Chloe had to leave her job as a stadium steward to take care of her daughters and run back and forth to multiple hospitals. The grieving mum struggles to afford travel with her daughters and a JustGiving page was set up by friends to help with funds. Chloe said she was "so thankful and grateful" for the people who have already donated to help her family.
