5-Year-Old Girl Wearing a Princess Dress & Crown Saves Her Mom’s Life

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Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes, they rock a princess costume, a tiara, and rain boots. That’s what one 5-year-old little girl in the UK wore as she took actions that literally saved her mother’s life. Poppy Davies donned her special outfit before walking to school to alert her teachers that she needed help.

The child's mother collapsed and then became unresponsive while recovering from surgery to fix a twisted bowel. She and Poppy were home alone that night. After waiting until morning, Poppy sprang into action to save her mama.

Leisha Davies remembers her daughter prancing round in her princess costume.

When Leisha passed out in her bedroom on the evening of January 18, Poppy stayed by her side until the morning. Then she decided to go get some help from teachers at the Pontllanfraith Primary School in Caerphilly, Wales, the Daily Mail reported.

Leisha said the last thing she remembered before collapsing and losing consciousness was her daughter prancing around in her princess dress. Leisha, who is still recovering, has dubbed her daughter her “little hero.”

First, Poppy opened all the curtains and blinds in the house and turned on all the lights to try to draw attention.

Ryan, Leisha’s husband, was working on the night of the incident. Thankfully, she wasn't completely alone and Poppy was home with her. Leisha told the BBC, “Poppy opened all the curtains and blinds in the house and put on all the lights to try and draw attention.”

The next morning, she took it a step further. “In the morning on the 19th, she was in her princess dress, got her wellies on and her little crown. She unlocked my front door and walked to the school gate right by my house. She went into the schoolroom and told the teacher: 'Mummy's on the floor and I can't wake her up,'" the proud mom explained.

Leisha was placed in a coma.

Two of Poppy’s teachers went to her home where they found Leisha on the floor. They put her in the recovery position and called an ambulance. Meanwhile, Poppy changed into her uniform while paramedics began working on her mother.

At Grange University Hospital, doctors discovered that Leisha was in septic shock. One of her lungs was working at just 15% capacity. She was placed in a medically induced coma for three weeks so her body could recover.

Aside from some dreams Leisha describes as vivid and scary, she has no memory of this time. “I was picking up things from my mother and my husband talking to me, which was making an alternative reality in my mind,” she explained.

Leisha will need to have half of both of her feet removed.

When she woke up three weeks later, Leisha couldn’t move her body. She’d also had a tracheostomy so she couldn’t speak. Her mother was by her side, stroking her hair. She asked her, “Are you all right?” Leisha recalls, “I nodded and they knew then I was back.”

Before that acknowledgement, doctors weren’t sure if Leisha had suffered any brain damage. They also believed that it might have been necessary to amputate both of Leisha’s legs around the knee. Now, they say only half of each foot will need to be removed after they turned necrotic.

'I was incredibly proud of her,' Leisha said.

Leisha is thankful to the Grange University Hospital staff and especially her daughter. “I was incredibly proud of her,” Leisha said. “I hadn't seen her for a month because of all this going on but when she did come and see me I absolutely broke down. I thought to myself she looks so grown up and I felt like I had missed out on so much. But I was thankful I was here, that my daughter had a mum and my mum had a daughter. It was really emotional,” she shared. “I always say to Poppy, ‘You're my hero, you saved mummy's life.’”

After her near-death experience, Leisha wants to warn others. “I want to send out a message that if anybody feels unwell, get it sorted,” she warned. The hospital staff bought Poppy a cape to commemorate her heroism.