[AMP-L] Triple Amputee Olivia Marches Through Life On Prosthetics

[Wayne Renardson]

News & Star via Cumberland News:

PENICILLIN - and a watchful mother - probably saved the life of 
Olivia Story.  Now 18, Olivia was just two-and-a-half years old when 
she developed a cold.  

Her mum, Kimberly Brown, gave her a children's medicine to help her 
sleep but also decided to spend the night with her.  

At 5am, little Olivia's breath was becoming laboured and Kimberly 
phoned the doctor, who only had to hear her breathing to send an 
ambulance.  

The ambulance crew gave her penicillin - something they had not long 
ago started carrying.

Olivia was taken to the Cumberland Infirmary and then to Newcastle. 
She had meningitis and the outlook was not good. Parents Kimberly and 
Mike Story were warned that their daughter might die.  

Both her legs and an arm were amputated. She cannot remember much of 
what happened but she did know that she suddenly had just one arm and 
no legs. 

The rest of the story, with photos, here:

https://tinyurl.com/2gylruta

Wayne R.