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Inverness mother-of-three Marianne Pickering is planning to run this yearâs Loch Ness Marathon to raise money and say thank you to the Glasgow Childrenâs Hospital Charity which has helped her youngest child By Ian Duncan Published: 20:30, 09 March 2021
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Marianne Pickering is running the Loch Ness Marathon for Glasgow Children s Hospital Charity. Picture: Callum Mackay
As she approached the milestone age of 40, one Inverness mother-of-three decided to run this yearâs Loch Ness Marathon to raise money and say thank you to the Glasgow Childrenâs Hospital Charity which has helped her youngest child.
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image copyrightSamantha Pickering
image captionThe family said Daisy s missing forearm was revealed by the 20-week scan during pregnancy
The mother of a baby girl who was given a prosthetic arm just in time for Christmas has said it is an amazing early present .
Samantha Pickering, 36, from Suffolk, said one-year-old Daisy was thrilled to receive the new limb. We re so grateful to the doctors. It s incredible what they can do, especially in the middle of a pandemic, she said.
Mrs Pickering found out at her 20-week scan that Daisy s arm was missing below the elbow. We were shocked, it was a really worrying time for us. We didn t know if it was caused by something more serious, but luckily she was perfectly healthy apart from that, she said.