Article: LAST YEAR OUR LITTLE LISA MARIE HAD JUST HOURS TO LIVE.. BUT JUST LOOK AT HER NOW; Brave toddler battled back from heart condition and brain abscess to get her Xmas wish.(Features)

Byline: By Laura Davidson

LAST year, frantic parents Gordon Hughes and Josie Harkins spent Christmas Eve at their baby daughter Lisa Marie's bedside, praying for a miracle as she clung to life by a thread.

Kept alive by a life-support machine, the frail 18-month-old had a serious heart problem and wasn't expected to make it through the night to Christmas morning.

Twelve months on, the family of Paisley, Renfrewshire, still haven't forgotten the heartache they endured.

But to look today at pretty, blue-eyed Lisa Marie, now two-and-a-half, you'd never guess she's ...

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