Two-year-old Harmonie-Rose Allen was struck down by deadly meningitis B last September, when she was only ten-months-old
A TODDLER who lost all of her limbs to meningitis has been given a cute new doll which has prosthetic legs and arms — just like her.
Two-year-old Harmonie-Rose Allen was struck down by deadly meningitis B last September, when she was only ten-months-old.
Doctors told her worried parents, Freya Hall, 22, and Ross Allen, 24, that Harmonie’s case was one of the worst they had ever seen and gave her just a ten per cent chance of survival.
Amazingly, brave Harmonie-Rose defied the odds and beat the killer bug – but the brave tot lost her arms, legs and the tip of the nose in the process.
Now, her parents from Bath, Somerset, have rewarded their daughter’s bravery by buying her a specially-made doll from America – which has the same amputations and prosthetics as Harmonie.
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Freya said: “The dolls name is Rebecca. She loves it and she says ‘she’s like me mummy!’
“The company that makes then changes many dolls for children so it’s just like them and that did one for her.
“It will encourage Harmonie to use her own prosthetic legs because she’s not the only one.
“She’s already so happy that the doll is just like her.
“Also because she’s never met a quadruple amputee in her life it’s nice to show her they do exist.”
Harmonie-Rose was rushed into hospital on September 28 last year, only ten days after she took her first steps.
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The distinctive doll was made by an American company called ‘A Step Ahead Prosthetics’ and it was given to Harmonie this week to reward her bravery during a recent hospital stay.
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