Winning first and second place in school sports day races, eight-year-old William Reckless powered to the finish line balancing a foil-wrapped baked potato on a specially adapted spoon.
Beaming from ear-to-ear, as he enjoyed his moment of glory, his mum Gemma, 34, was celebrating a far wider victory.
For William was struck down by life-threatening sepsis in January 2020, losing both legs, all his fingers and his left thumb.
His kidneys failed, his lungs collapsed, his chest filled with fluid and his brain was injured.
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