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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Hannah Cottrell

Girl, 3, may never talk or walk again after cold virus left her with brain damage

Naomi feels ‘absolutely devastated’ -

A “devastated” mother has said her three-year-old may never walk, talk or eat on her own again after a virus likened to a common cold left her with lifelong brain damage.

Naomi Wall, 29, from Essex, said her three-year-old daughter, Daisy-Rae Reid, “loved her food” and “loved running around”, but in April this year she suddenly started vomiting and struggled to stay awake – which Naomi initially thought was a sickness bug.

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