A brave Scots schoolgirl who lost her hands and feet to a deadly sepsis battle has defied the odds to fulfil her dancing dream - after also winning a fight against leukaemia. Little Olivia McCord, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, left her parents in tears as she took to the stage with a pair of ballet shoes on her prosthetic legs last month.
The six-year-old’s parents, Sammie MacCann, 27, and Lloyd McCord, 28, were overcome with emotion as they watched their darling daughter perform - just months after fearing they could lose her forever. The proud mum told the Mirror : "When Olivia was on stage dancing it was something that we never thought we would see. She's not let losing her legs stop her.
"She wanted to be a dancer and she knows her own mind. We are so proud of her - nothing holds her back. To see her put on her ballet shoes and dance like this is amazing." Sammie, a horse groomer, and Lloyd, a site manager, who live in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, took Olivia to hospital in May 2020 when they discovered a lump on her neck.
