Little girls are always dreaming about what they would most like to do, and who they would like to meet.

Daisy Murfin is no different. This four-year-old would just love more than anything in the world to see Minnie Mouse.

And thanks to staff at a small Colchester firm, she will be heading for EuroDisney in a few months time to realise her dream.

They were touched by the story of Daisy and the illnesses she has to deal with everyday, and organised a fundraising event.

Daisy, of Causton Road, Colchester, suffers from two types of diabetes.

But these are not the only hurdles she and her parents Lynda and Jon have to deal with, as their daughter may end up getting an extremely rare disease called Wolfram Syndrome.

If Daisy becomes a victim of it, it will severely affect her eyesight, possibly causing blindness before she is ten, and make her deaf by the age of 20.

It is so uncommon - only 31 people in the UK are sufferers - that there is hardly any research into it, and no test to see if she already has the disease.

Daisy will only get Wolfram Syndrome if both her parents carry it, but with no available test, they cannot rule it in or out of profoundly affecting all their futures.

Mr and Mrs Murfin were chatting to Phil Pinckard, owner of mortgage Eye in North Hill, Colchester, while they were arranging a new mortgage.

Mr Pinckard said on one occasion they bought Daisy along.

"We then spoke to a few friends and held a fundraising night in Stratford St Mary where everyone gave generously," he said.

It raised £1,250 to send Daisy and her family to the Paris theme park.

Daisy was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus aged 18 months so she has insulin three times a day.

After this diagnosis, she continued to be ill, said Mrs Murfin, and the doctors found she also had diabetes insipidous which means her urine passes straight through her body and needs medication to control it.

Having these two forms of diabetes is in itself extremely rare and means Daisy is susceptible to getting Wolfram Syndrome.

Daisy's baby brother Freddie has a one in four chance of getting the illness.

Meanwhile Daisy and her family live each day as it comes as there is nothing they can do to prevent or stave off the on-set of the illness.

Life goes on, said Mrs Murfin, and for now this means preparing Daisy for her first day at St Thomas More's Catholic School in Priory Street in September.

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