Day by day, sometimes even hour by hour. This is how the parents of Inez Aerts (6), the seriously ill girl from Zonhoven, experienced 2025. It was a year in which 300,000 euros were raised – HLN readers also donated generously – for a life-saving medicine. You voted her to 31st place for ‘Belgian of the Year’. But how is she today? “Seeing Inez eat with relish again was a highlight. When she licks Dorito chips with her tongue, it gives us so much pleasure.”

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