After long hospital stays, the tot was placed into a coma and intensive care, and the family were told Sadie "wouldn't be the same person" and was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Her mum Lisa Hunt said she had had a normal pregnancy and gave birth to her baby girl on January 31, 2017, Teeside Live reports. Sadie's condition deteriorated further and she was transferred to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary where the baby was placed into intensive care and a coma. Following a number of tests, the doctors confirmed Sadie had contracted meningitis - an infection of the protective membranes that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. She then went onto a ward but doctors found that she was showing signs of cerebral palsy.

Source: Daily Mirror January 28, 2021 02:47 UTC