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Brave tot gets new running legs

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17 September 2009

A DISABLED toddler has taken a giant leap forward in his
bid for a normal life - after being fitted with new prosthetic
running legs.

Three-year-old Harvey Parry, of Northern
Avenue, Edmonton, who lost his legs to meningitis, is the
youngest person in the world to own the limbs normally used by
Paralympians, including 400-metre runner Oscar
Pistorius.

The family raised £16,500 in just four weeks
to fund the trip to New York to buy the prosthetics by
fundraising in Edmonton, Wood Green and Camden
Town.

Harvey's mum Carol said: "It has changed his life
so much, he can now skip along and run.

"I still watch
him and cry because he can now keep up with the children and
move on different terrains. That's what these legs have done
for him."

The family returned last week after months of
intense training to get used to the new legs and are back on
the streets to raise cash for follow-up treatment.

They
have already raised £1,048 in Wood Green on Saturday, and
Harvey has even signed up to his first one-mile fun run to
help raise even more.

The event at Lea Valley Athletics
Centre in Picketts Lock on Sunday, September 20, has been
organised by the Edmonton Rotary Club.

l If you would
like to help the family contact the Harvey Parry Appeal Fund
on 020 8482 1603 or send cheques to 75 Northern Avenue,
Edmonton, N9 9QZ.

Or you can pay money to the appeal
fund at Barclays, sort code 20-29-90, account number
10628034.

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