'MAMMA MIA' - LITTLE LAYLA IS A BORN SURVIVOR.WHEN three-year-old Layla Towsey was struck down by meningitis, her family was told to kiss her goodbye. But five days later the plucky pluck·y adj. pluck·i·er, pluck·i·est Having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances. See Synonyms at brave. pluck youngster surprised them all when she came round, singing the words to the Abba song Mamma Mia. Layla, from Gidea Park in Essex, fell ill last month and suffered a heart attack just two hours after being admitted to hospital when her mum, Katy Towsey, 23, noticed a rash on her leg. Ms Towsey was told that her daughter had a heat rash heat rash n. An inflammatory skin condition caused by obstruction of the ducts of the sweat glands, resulting from exposure to high heat and humidity and characterized by the eruption of small, red papules accompanied by an itching or prickling but she demanded to see a paediatrician. "We were then told it was probably meningitis. Within two hours she had stopped breathing and she'd had a heart attack." Layla, who was diagnosed with meningitis B and meningococcal septicaemia septicaemia or septicemia Noun an infection of the blood which develops in a wound [Greek sēptos decayed + haima blood] septicemia, septicaemia , spent the next five days unconscious in intensive care. "Even when doctors took her off life support and reduced the drugs she was on, we didn't know how badly disabled she would be. "But on the Sunday morning I could hear her singing Mamma Mia quietly. I couldn't believe it." Layla - who Ms Towsey describes as a "miracle" - learned the words to Mamma Mia after seeing the film starring Meryl Streep. She has now made a good recovery.. CAPTION(S): WELCOME HOME Three-year-old Layla Towsey at home in Gidea Park, E ssex, with her mother Katy. |
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