The little girl no-one wants to adopt makes heartbreaking plea for new parents for Christmas
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She was taken into care at birth because her natural mum was unable
to look after her and since then she has been waiting for a new home.
Grace
is currently living with foster parents and authorities have taken the
unusual step of appealing for prospective parents to come forward in the
hope they will find someone to adopt the tot.
Nearing
retirement, foster mum and dad Jill and Paul are desperate for the
adorable youngster, who they affectionately describe as their “cheeky
tomboy”, to find a new family .
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Help: Grace with her favourite doll Upsy Daisy from In The Night Garden TV show
Jill says: “We’re just trying now to get a nice home
for her. It’s so important for her to find a family and to finally see
her settled. “She needs a family for Christmas.”
Little Grace has already had a difficult start in life. Her birth mum suffered from severe pre-eclampsia during pregnancy and was unable to look after her newborn due to a brain injury from an accident. Weighing
a tiny 1.3lbs, Grace was left with cerebral palsy and chronic lung
disease when she was born prematurely at just 25 weeks.
Doctors
feared she would never walk but the happy youngster has defied all
expectations and now loves nothing more than running and climbing around
her foster family’s home.
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Grace
is currently living with foster parents and authorities have taken the
unusual step of appealing for prospective parents to come forward in the
hope they will find someone to adopt the tot.
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