![]() ![]() ![]() Jenny said: ‘It’s hard to recall everything that happened because I was in shock. Within hours, the little girl suffered multiple-organ failure and doctors were fighting to save her life.Īs the infection spread, Charlotte developed gangrene from septicaemia and medics were forced to amputate her limbs in January 2011. ![]() Two weeks before Christmas Day 2011, Jenny discovered the purple marks associated with the infection on Charlotte’s chest and she was rushed to nearby John Radcliffe hospital. ‘But we didn’t get the chance because Charlotte was rushed to hospital and she didn’t come out again until January.’Ĭharlotte had been a normal, healthy two-year-old before meningococcal septicaemia struck. We were probably more excited than her that year. ‘Alex and I bought it secretly and couldn’t wait to give it to her. In the end we had to carry her out kicking and screaming. She loved it so much we couldn’t get her to leave. ‘As soon as she got on it she was zooming off all over the shop. It was lovely – blue with yellow flowers and bees on it. ‘Before Christmas we took her on a shopping trip and she set her heart on a little bike she spotted in one of the shops. Strong support: After £400 was raised through a fund to help her through life after the 2011 operation, Charlotte is able to ride her very own first bike, specially made to her measurements, that works with her new prosthetic legs ![]()
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