Little girl born with 'legs like a frog' is able to walk for first time thanks to splints

Lillia Reading born with muscular myopathy, a condition that caused her to develop just two muscles in each of her legs

Lillia's mother's 20-week scan suggested that she had a club foot but she was diagnosed with muscular myopathy when she was born

She underwent 13 operations to try and correct the abnormalities in her legs that were preventing her from walking

*Lillia Reading has muscular myopathy with meant she couldn't walk
*Condition meant she had just two muscles in each leg instead of normal 15
*Her legs were permanently bent at the knee and she had no strength in them*She now had 13 operations and been fitted with splints to allow her to walk

A four-year-old girl who was born with just two muscles in each of her legs can finally walk after doctors fitted her with splints.
Lillia Reading was born with muscular myopathy, a condition that caused her to develop just two muscles in each of her legs, instead of the normal 15.

It also left her with permanently bent knees.

But she is able to walk now after doctors cut the tendons behind her knees and gave her a pair of splints to straighten her legs.

Her mother, Katie Reading, 31, said: 'Lillia is just like any other little girl now.

'She can walk, run around and play happily with all of her friends. It's amazing what they have done for her.

'She's a proper little princess - she loves her make up, clothes and painting her nails. And know she can strut around like one too!'

Lillia, from Sheffield, first showed signs of suffering from the condition before she was born.

Mrs Reading, 31, said: 'They could tell something was wrong from the 20-week scan. It was first thought she had club foot.'

But after she was born four weeks early, weighing 4lbs 5ozs, specialists confirmed Lillia's condition - a rare form of muscular dystrophy.

At just 17-weeks-old, she was put into special boots to try and help straighten her legs.