LETHAL BIRTHMARK NEARLY SUFFOCATES GIRL

HOTSPOT MEDIA - LETHAL BIRTHMARK NEARLY SUFFOCATES GIRL: Zoe Mitchell when she was two-weeks-old. A LITTLE girl who was nearly suffocated as a tot by her own BIRTHMARK is now beaming after surgeons rebuilt her disfigured nose. Despite being born prematurely at 27-weeks, Zoe Mitchell was a healthy, tiny little baby and progressing well while in hospital. But within days, a small red mark across the bridge of her nose - thought to be as a result of an oxygen mask being too tight - developed into a huge, purple, blood-like blister which was taking a lethal stranglehold on Zoe. .... SEE HOTSPOT MEDIA COPY 0121 551 1004

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