A mum who had been "sent away" after taking her baby to hospital has been praised for saving her life by taking her back when she felt something was "seriously wrong".
Samantha Martin-Roxburgh, 28, from Netherton, had noticed her five-week-old baby shaking in her cot a few times throughout the evening.
She took her daughter to Ormskirk Hospital to get her checked out but was sent back by doctors that same evening.
Once they returned home, Samantha recollected how she got this "feeling in my stomach" that something was "seriously wrong", so she took her baby back in, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Nova began shaking again in the hospital and doctors confirmed straight away that she was having seizures and had become 'unresponsive' in her mum's arms.
Samantha said: "Everything just stopped. About six doctors started working on Nova and I just collapsed into my dad's arms.
"I remember once one of the doctors was done treating Nova she just came over to me and held me for about five minutes."
After dozens of tests, Nova was diagnosed with a chromosome deletion and was put into a coma for three days to recover from her seizures.
Samantha said: "I remember the doctor telling me that she was so thankful we brought her back, as most parents wouldn't after already being sent away.
"They said Nova would have lost her life if she hadn’t received medical treatment that night.
"I just had a feeling in my stomach that something was seriously wrong. It was like mothers instinct."
Nova was transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital for further treatment, and has been in and out of hospital ever since.
The now three-year-old has now been diagnosed with global developmental delay and is unable to talk or speak, has small holes in her heart and has sensory difficulties.
Due to her chromosome deletion, Nova has also suffered severe chest infections and Nova has had sepsis on two occasions.
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Now, Samantha and her partner Steven Belli, 28, from Mold, were told that in order for Nova to walk again, they will need to buy three rehabilitation suits which will be worn for between six and eight hours a day and will help Nova's muscles grow so she can support herself.
Samantha said: "This will help Nova improve her life as she is unable to stand or walk and the suits will train her body to enable this.
"We are desperate to make memories with our beautiful daughter as doctors can’t currently give us a life expectancy for her.
"We are doing everything for our family but we just need some help."
