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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Wesley Holmes & Ethan Davies

The adorable moment baby sees his mum for the first time after sight saving surgery

This is the moment a baby whose vision was blighted by severe cataracts was left beaming with joy after seeing properly for the first time.

Six month old Leonard Walls was delighted when his sight was saved by doctors at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. However, his mum initially thought the problem was very different.

Rachael Fleming, 38, from Ellesmere Port, thought Leonard was suffering from reflux when she took him to Macclesfield A&E in July last year - but doctors suspected the problem was far more serious, the Liverpool Echo reports.

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