Against all odds

A BRAVE little girl who was given little chance of survival shortly after birth has stunned the medical world with her miraculous progress.

Cork-born toddler Alicja Nowicki — who is now two — was born with a rare and life-threatening illness which was so severe that baffled doctors warned her parents to expect theworst.

The toddler suffers from one of the most serious known cases of Charge Syndrome, a genetic disorder which affects just in one in every 10,000 babies worldwide.