Indi Gregory, an 8-month-old infant in the U.K. who had battled a rare mitochondrial disease, died on Nov. 13 after her parents tried every legal means possible to keep her doctors from ending her life.
Claire Staniforth and Dean Gregory had also made arrangements to have her moved to a hospital in Rome, but U.K. health regulators refused to allow her to go to Italy for treatment. On Friday, little Indi’s parents laid their daughter to rest.
Gregory called his daughter “beautiful, strong, and unique” at her funeral service in Nottingham, according to Christian Concern.
More than 100 people attended the service for the little girl at the Nottingham Cathedral, including a delegation from the Italian government, the BBC reported.
Canon Paul Newman read Indi’s eulogy written by Gregory for his late daughter, the outlet reported.
“I honestly and truly feel, deep in my heart, that Indi was not only beautiful, strong, and unique. I just knew, from the start, she was very special,” he wrote. “Nonetheless, I could never have imagined the sort of journey we and Indi would have to go through to fight for her life.”
“She didn’t only have to battle against her health problems,
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