Doctors Call Me Littlemiss Giggles ; Echo2 It's All About People 2 Lucy-Ann Was Just Fivewhen Astroke- Like Illness Struck. Mumelizabethtellshow Herlittle Girlhasbeen Aninspiration Toall Bysmiling Through the Horrificordea

South Wales Echo › February 06, 2008

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LITTLE Miss Giggles is howLucy-Ann O'Neill is known to everyone.

And it's a nickname that suits the pretty schoolgirl right down to the ground. The seven-year-old has the sort of smile that would brighten up any day, even a grey one in the middle of January. And it is made all the more poignant when you learn about the nightmare she has endured over the past two years.

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Doctors Call Me Littlemiss Giggles ; Echo2 It's All About People 2 Lucy-Ann Was Just Fivewhen Astroke- Like Illness Struck. Mumelizabethtellshow Herlittle Girlhasbeen Aninspiration Toall Bysmiling Through the Horrificordea

When she was just five, Lucy-Ann was struck down by a stroke- like illness that has left doctors baffled. The youngster was diagnosed with ADEM - a type of encephalitis. But doctors are still not sure what caused it or whether it could strike again.

But through it all, the smile has rarely left Lucy-...

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