A girl of nine who lost her arm to meningitis is quickly getting to grips with a new hi-tech prosthetic limb.
Rinae Hedgecock can already high-five her twin brother Rico and pick up a Coca-Cola bottle with her Hero Arm.
The bionic limb is not available on the NHS but wellwishers donated the £10,000 fee to a crowdfunding campaign in 24 hours.
Her doting dad John, a bricklayer, said: “It’s life-changing. She cannot wait to get back to school to show it off to all her friends.”
"She is loving it and is proud as punch. She is absolutely chuffed. Her face lit up like a Christmas tree when she had it fitted.
"It has taken no time whatsoever for her to get used to the arm. She was virtually off and running in under an hour.
"She was grabbing things and high-fiving her brother.
"It's the simple things that we take for granted. I never thought we would be where we are today. It's not just the physical side of it. It was mental torture for her not being able to do certain things.
"It's a life-changing moment for her. It's simple to put the arm on which she can do herself. I want to thank everyone who has helped us get to where we are. You have no idea what this means to us all."
Rinae said: “It’s amazing, because the things that I couldn’t do before, I can do them now.”
She collapsed at home in Eccles, Greater Manchester, after playing with friends in April 2015 and saying she started to fell like her body was "aching".
Naturally, single-father John, a bricklayer, believed this was down to the activity and Rinae went to bed as usual.
However, the next morning she woke up with an extreme temperature and John spotted blood blisters appearing on her skin.
Medics at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool said she had just 24 hours to live.
She battled back but lost both legs, her left arm below the elbow and the digits on her right hand.
Rinae, who has a twin brother Rico and older sister Chelsea, 16, was in intensive care for six months while she battled the condition and recovered from multiple life-saving surgeries.
She was hooked up to three machines pumping fresh blood around her body while she made her incredible recovery.
Rinae has since undergone years of physiotherapy on her 'stumps' to allow her to use prosthetic legs and was later given a 'plastic arm' by the NHS.
However, the NHS-provided "plastic arm" had no functionality and was likened to a "mannequin's limb" by her father.
The Hero Arm, which is controlled by sensors that detect muscle movements, was fitted at Dorset Orthopaedic in Staffordshire last week.
Samantha Payne, Co-founder and COO of Bristol-based manufacturer, Open Bionics, said: "We're thrilled to see Rinae receive her Hero Arm.
"Rinae crowdfunded for the device and was fitted through private healthcare, and she is one of dozens of people with upper limb differences in the UK fundraising for a Hero Arm.
"We very much hope the NHS sees how helpful these devices are and will begin offering them to the people who need them.
"We've worked really hard to achieve a price point for the device that is acceptable for existing NHS budgets for prosthetic provision.
"We are engaged in a world-first clinical trial with the NHS, and both clinicians and policymakers have been incredibly supportive of the Hero Arm.
"The device is currently provided by the French and Irish healthcare systems, but not yet here in the UK. Unfortunately, NHS policy change is not currently keeping pace with technological improvements.
"We have a wait-list of amputees who cannot afford private healthcare waiting for the device to be available via the NHS and we're excited to supply them with a Hero Arm in the future."