The first step of a little girl with

Emma-Grace Andrews (5 years old) born with frog-like legs has made her first step in the happiness of her family with special splints.

Emma-Grace was born in the town of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire-UK county with rare arthrogryposis disease , almost no muscle in her legs and arms. It is estimated that the UK has only about 260 children with this disease.

Baby Emma-Grace with "frog legs" at birth

Her mother, Rachel Andrews (42) and father Alan (50) thought their children would not survive after the results of the ultrasound scan of the 20th week showed that their arms and legs in the reverse twisting posture were dangerous. Although the doctors recommended giving up the pregnancy, Rachel and her husband decided to keep it.

When she was about to give birth, Rachel Andrews was often obsessed with a coffin or small girl in a wheelchair all her life.'When she was born with a cesarean method, her legs were bent and backwards looked like a baby frog. The arm is also bent and twisted into a deformed shape. '

Although heartbroken at the state of her daughter, Rachel always told Emma one day that Emma-Grace would walk, run, and dance like any other normal child.

At 5 weeks of age, the doctors fixed Emma-Grace's legs in plaster in the hope that they were more straight. But after three years, they realized this method was ineffective and she was transferred to Great Ormond Hospital in London, England for surgery and leg braces.

Emma-Grace is able to walk through leg braces and surgery

While waiting for the doctor to prepare a special splint, her legs are fixed in plaster from the hips to the feet. In the end, the hospital designed her brace to straighten her legs, but she still couldn't walk. Physiotherapists gave her a special car to help Emma-Grace walk around the house.

Every day, the mother had to work on placing the brace on her legs, making Emma-Grace extremely painful. The little girl cried and begged her mother not to brace her legs.'My husband Alan can't do this because he can't stand it. I don't remember how many times I did it. Sometimes I wonder if I can do it right '.

By now Rachel had the answer, little Emma-Grace had taken the first steps beside the dog to the surprise and joy of her parents.

In addition to Emma-Grace, the couple also has son Jordan (7 years old) and daughter Rosie (2 years old). Everyone is waiting for the experts to help Emma-Grace's arm straighten.

The mother Rachel Andrews said: 'She will be the cutest child you ever know. It teaches me and my whole family how to overcome and defeat challenges'.