Amnesia mum relies on diary.

A DEVOTED mum, whose memory is so bad she can't remember giving birth to her son last month, is writing a diary to help her keep track of him growing up.

Karen Wilkinson-Wigham, 37, was struck down by the brain bug TB meningitis four years ago.

She suffered agonising migraines before falling into a coma and doctors feared the worst.

When she woke from her coma, Karen didn't recognise her partner, Brian.

The couple, from Colne, Lancashire, rekindled their relationship and got married in 2006.

Karen battled through months of physiotherapy to learn to walk again, but still hasn't recovered her short-term memory.

Now she is determined to record every moment of little George's life in her treasured diary. She said: "I have such a poor short-term memory it's unlikely I will remember him growing up. So I decided to write a diary.

"It's so important to me because when George is older and asks me questions he will have everything written down for him."

Karen miscarried and gave birth to a stillborn child before George was born last month.

She said: "After so many nightmares, I can't believe we have a healthy baby."

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BABY JOY: Karen and George