Cannabis kids: the long wait for change

By Scott Hannaford
Updated June 3 2015 - 10:08am, first published May 22 2015 - 10:52pm
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At the home of Cherie and Trevor Dell in Sydney who treat their 3 year old daughter Abbey with cannabis oil to treat CDKL5, a rare genetic condition. 

5 May 2015
photo: Rohan Thomson
The Canberra Times Photo: Rohan Thomson
News At the home of Cherie and Trevor Dell in Sydney who treat their 3 year old daughter Abbey with cannabis oil to treat CDKL5, a rare genetic condition. 5 May 2015 photo: Rohan Thomson The Canberra Times Photo: Rohan Thomson
Cherie Dell gives her 3-year-old daughter Abbey a dose of cannabis oil to treat the seizures caused by a rare genetic disorder, CDKL5. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Cherie Dell gives her 3-year-old daughter Abbey a dose of cannabis oil to treat the seizures caused by a rare genetic disorder, CDKL5. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Trevor and Cherie Dell with 3-year-old daughter Abbey who suffers a rare genetic disorder, CDKL5. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Trevor and Cherie Dell with 3-year-old daughter Abbey who suffers a rare genetic disorder, CDKL5. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Trevor Dell with 3-year-old daughter Abbey who suffers a rare genetic disorder CDKL5.

 Photo: Rohan Thomson
Trevor Dell with 3-year-old daughter Abbey who suffers a rare genetic disorder CDKL5. Photo: Rohan Thomson
News
At the home of Cherie and Trevor Dell in Sydney who treat their 3 year old daughter Abbey with cannabis oil to treat CDKL5, a rare genetic condition. 

5 May 2015
photo: Rohan Thomson
The Canberra Times Photo: Rohan Thomson
News At the home of Cherie and Trevor Dell in Sydney who treat their 3 year old daughter Abbey with cannabis oil to treat CDKL5, a rare genetic condition. 5 May 2015 photo: Rohan Thomson The Canberra Times Photo: Rohan Thomson
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At the home of Cherie and Trevor Dell in Sydney who treat their 3 year old daughter Abbey with cannabis oil to treat CDKL5, a rare genetic condition. 

5 May 2015
photo: Rohan Thomson
The Canberra Times Photo: Rohan Thomson
News At the home of Cherie and Trevor Dell in Sydney who treat their 3 year old daughter Abbey with cannabis oil to treat CDKL5, a rare genetic condition. 5 May 2015 photo: Rohan Thomson The Canberra Times Photo: Rohan Thomson
News
At the home of Cherie and Trevor Dell in Sydney who treat their 3 year old daughter Abbey with cannabis oil to treat CDKL5, a rare genetic condition. 

5 May 2015
photo: Rohan Thomson
The Canberra Times Photo: Rohan Thomson
News At the home of Cherie and Trevor Dell in Sydney who treat their 3 year old daughter Abbey with cannabis oil to treat CDKL5, a rare genetic condition. 5 May 2015 photo: Rohan Thomson The Canberra Times Photo: Rohan Thomson
3-year-old Abbey Dell at home with her family.  Photo: Rohan Thomson
3-year-old Abbey Dell at home with her family. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Trevor Dell competed in the Canberra Times fun run in the hope of meeting then Chief Minister Katy Gallagher. He is wearing the T-Shirt he had made to raise awareness of his daughter's condition. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Trevor Dell competed in the Canberra Times fun run in the hope of meeting then Chief Minister Katy Gallagher. He is wearing the T-Shirt he had made to raise awareness of his daughter's condition. Photo: Rohan Thomson
Abbey Dell, who was born with a rare genetic disorder CDKL5. Photo: Supplied
Abbey Dell, who was born with a rare genetic disorder CDKL5. Photo: Supplied

The Department of Family and Community Services officer pulled up next to the low brick wall, tucked the clipboard under her arm and made her way up the cracked paved driveway towards the locked security screen door. Inside, Kaos the dog pulled down the Spiderman blanket covering his cage in the middle of the living room and began to howl.

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