Brave little Harmonie-Rose who lost all her limbs to meningitis enjoys a day out on the ice rink
A BRAVE three-year-old girl who lost all her limbs to meningitis was all smiles when she went ice skating with her family.
Harmonie-Rose Allen had just taken her first steps when she was struck down by the deadly brain disease aged ten months old.
She defeated the odds to survive but needed both legs amputated at the knee and both arms removed at the elbow.
But the adorable tot was a natural when she took to the ice at the Glice Rink at Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park in Keynsham, Somerset.
Harmonie-Rose had been fitted with liners on her prosthetic legs that helped her to glide across the synthetic ice.
Mum Freya and dad Ross posted a heartwarming picture of the youngster in an elf jumper balanced on the ice.
Writing on the Hope 4 Harmonie Facebook page about the skating trip, her parents said: “No such word as can’t!"
They added: "The liners she is wearing have special padding on the bottom so she doesn’t slip.
"Harmonie doesn’t yet like wearing prosthetics all the time so it’s great to get her upright and straight.
"When she isn't wearing the prosthetics the liners help her develop the walking motion and build her muscles up."
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The parents, from Bath, Somerset, had watched Harmonie take her first steps just ten days before she fell ill with the deadly meningitis B virus in 2014.
Doctors told them there was just a ten per cent chance of survival and Harmonie's was one of the worst cases of the killer bug they had ever seen.
Miraculously, the brave little girl defied the odds and beat the killer bug - but lost her arms, legs and the tip of the nose in the process.
Her parents bought her private prosthetic limbs this year and watched on proudly as she took her first steps again.
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