On Saturday night, every parent’s worst nightmare came true for one family: their little girl was out of their sight for just minutes and vanished without a trace.
13.09.2023 - 11:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum-of-two has spoken about her talented daughter who has gone viral on Tik Tok. Videos of Amelia Star Furness’ boxing skills and her relationship with her younger sister Kacie who has cerebral palsy have racked up thousands of views on the social media platform.
Still only 11, Amelia has seen a lot of ‘upheaval’ in her life. When she was four, her mother mother Raegan Furness gave birth to Kacie on the sofa of their home.
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Unfortunately there were some complications with the birth and Kacie was born dead for 12 minutes and had to be revived. Kacie, now seven, has level five cerebral palsy, epilepsy, was born with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE), finds it unsafe to swallow and also has global developmental delay.
Since the age of four Amelia, has been able to care for her sister including peg feeding her and performing CPR. However, mum Raegan started noticing that Amelia’s behaviour was declining with sheer amount of responsibility at such a young age.
In an effort to help her, Raegan signed up Amelia to combat sports and soon discovered that not only was she a natural, but more importantly, how beneficial it was for her.
“She’s a really good carer.” Said Raegan, 35. “I started noticing her behaviour would decline every time we went to the hospital, sometimes six weeks a time, poor Amelia would struggle.
“So I started putting her into boxing classes, modern martial arts and kick-boxing and she seemed to really thrive. It’s like it’s a natural thing for her to box, it’s a bit weird but it releases all her energy for her.
“If she is bottling things up and struggling mentally and emotionally she goes boxing, she lets it
On Saturday night, every parent’s worst nightmare came true for one family: their little girl was out of their sight for just minutes and vanished without a trace.
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