A toddler who was initially diagnosed with a virus was later told she had Type 1 diabetes.
Paisley Coeator, from Halewood, started to become "a lot more tired than usual" and "wouldn't walk more than a few steps" when she was aged one. Mum Leigh told the ECHO she then started showing signs of increased thirst and was "soaking through her nappies".
Speaking to the ECHO, the 30-year-old said: "It started off when she was one. She started becoming a lot more tired than usual, she wouldn't walk more than a few steps which was very unlike Paisley. Even though she was one, she loved to push her little baby brother around in his pram.