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Wales Online
Wales Online
Gwyn Wright & Timothy Walker

Five-year-old girl who doctors said may never walk took first steps just days after dad died

A five-year-old girl managed to take her first steps, despite doctors telling her parents she would probably never be able to walk. But tragically, the breakthrough came just days after her dad passed away.

Felicity Edgar developed cerebral palsy after she was starved of oxygen at birth following hospital delays in getting a caesarean section. Felicity was not breathing when she was born and had to be resuscitated.

The incurable condition affects movement and coordination. It can leave sufferers with serious brain damage.

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