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Brave three-year-old takes first steps thanks to crowdfunding campaign

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This is the touching moment a youngster took her first steps - after a crowdfunding campaign raised 80K for an operation to allow her to walk.

The parents of Esme Hodge, three, filmed the moment she independently walked following the life-changing surgery.

'Ezzy' was born three months premature weighing just 3lb and doctors had to wrap her in a sandwich bag and put her in an incubator to keep her alive.

Mum Angela and dad Matthew soon realised she was not developing the same as other children and was not using her left side.

Ezzy was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a result of brain damage incurred from her traumatic birth - meaning she could not walk or even stand independently.

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