The family of Teresa Innes face another new year in limbo as she remains in hospital in a permanent vegetative state after an alleged hospital blunder.

Teresa suffered a massive reaction to penicillin given to her in Bradford Royal Infirmary despite her wearing a wrist-band warning medical staff that she was allergic to the drug.

Today she remains in Ward One, unable to communicate with family and friends.

They are using the festive period as a time to look back to happier times, when Teresa would have been the life and soul of any party.

Her aunt, Sheila Innes, who lives in Bournemouth, said: "Although she isn't any worse, in some respects she is deteriorating. She has aged a tremendous amount. Her lovely blond hair is now dark and she isn't communicating with anyone. We are still just taking each day as it comes."

The year has seen many landmarks for the mother-of-one, of Evans Towers, Ternhill Grove, off Manchester Road.

She spent her 37th birthday in hospital in March where family and friends visited her, bringing cards and flowers, and April saw her fighting for her life after contracting pneumonia.

Her family feared the worst and mounted a bedside vigil for the tragic mother, but her fighting spirit saw her pull through.

September, which should have seen her celebrating only child Scott's 18th birthday, was instead a commemoration of a year since being admitted to BRI to be treated for a minor leg abscess. She had been wearing a bracelet to warn staff of her potentially fatal penicillin allergy but it was not spotted and she was put on a drip containing the drug.

She suffered an immediate and horrific reaction, going into anaphylactic shock which stopped her heart. Her brain was starved of oxygen for vital minutes which has left her permanently brain damaged.

Her distraught family are now taking legal advice to ensure the best level of future care.

Sheila Innes said: "We are still not happy with the outcome of various talks and we are still taking legal advice. I am in constant contact with solicitors and we are hoping for progress in the new year."