AMAZING RECOVERY BY MEMORY LOSS GIRL, 11.

Byline: Jill McLean

A SCHOOLGIRL who forgot who her own dad was after a horrific head injury has made a miraculous full recovery.

Francesca Naismith was knocked off her bike by a car near her home last month.

But after regaining consciousness seven days later, the heartache continued as the11-year-old had lost all her motor skills.

Her memory had gone too, as she couldn't even recognise her dad Peter.

But as the weeks went by, her friends rallied around to help her get better, sending her video messages of the fun times they had shared.

The messages are thought to have helped to gradually jog Francesca's memory - because, just six weeks later, she's back home and attending her old school three times a week.

Her dad Peter, 50, of Penicuik, Midlothian, said: "I remember when she came round but she didn't know who we were. There was just a blank, vacant look about her.

"There were times I used to cry myself to sleep. I didn't know if she'd ever recover.

"I can't believe the recovery she's made, and in such a small space of time. It really is miraculous."

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