A schoolgirl born without a right hand had her life transformed when she became the first child in the UK to get a new kind of prosthetic.
Lillie Hutchinson, who was born with a below elbow limb difference, got her 'Koalaa arm' this year, which comes with a series of clips to help her with everyday activities. Her mum Becki Hutchinson, 40, said she first found out that Lillie’s hand had not developed following a 15-week scan of her womb.
The former nursery nurse said her daughter’s disability had never held her back but said she’d felt “heartbroken” when Lillie first told her, “I want two hands like you” aged three. She said she had learned about the revolutionary foam prosthetic after joining a local support group, and was overwhelmed by how it had helped Lillie in her daily life.
