‘We all wanted Nanna to be as comfortable as possible in her final hours, money was no object,’ said Granddaughter Katie, ‘but, that was three months ago, I’m astonished she’s still with us. It just goes to show that her generation are made of stronger stuff.’

Maud’s family fear the £150,000 raised from the sale of her bungalow and furniture will not last much longer. Katie is worried that if her grandmother keeps going she won’t just have spent their inheritance, but the family will have to start paying out to keep her in the home, ‘not that I would want it any other way’ said Katie hurriedly, ‘we all love her, she’s a real trouper.’

The consultant treating Mrs Price has admitted that he’s amazed at her refusal to die, he has even joked that she could rally further and go on for another few years. Katie appeared to express mixed feelings that her Grandmother could be around for some time to come, ‘I mean, when it’s family, you don’t mind the money do you? Yet, one has to be practical too, if she lasts another fortnight I can kiss goodbye to that new car; a month and the kids can forget about that trip to Disney I promised them.

‘I may have a fiddle with that drip thing; it’s what she would have wanted.’