Horror as teenager seriously ill for months after she suddenly wakes up unable to move

“I couldn’t move, I couldn’t do anything" - this was the terrifying moment a young teenager tried to stand up and found she could suddenly not put any weight on one of her legs.

Rosie Naylor was just 13-years-old when she was shocked to discover she could not stand one day. An ambulance was sent to her home and Rosie spent the next year in hospital, unable to even hold up her own head.

But despite the devastation which the illness - that is still being investigated some six years on - has had on her life, Rosie has bravely fought back. Now, she is a student nurse training at the very same hospital where she spent so long being severely unwell, and 'gave her life back'.

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Rosie, now 20, said: “I couldn’t move, I couldn’t do anything. They sent an ambulance to my house and from that moment I spent 12 months in hospital.

“I spent six months in a wheelchair undergoing tests and treatments whilst also trying to keep up with school and normal teenage life."

Rosie was admitted to Ward 85 at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, which cares for a range of specialities including cardiology and rheumatology. Investigations into Rosie’s illness are still ongoing but during her time in hospital, she was on a feeding tube, unable to bear weight or hold her head up.

Healthcare workers used a host of treatments to help with her recovery, which included physical and hydrotherapy.

After months of intensive care, a miracle happened. Nicola, Rosie’s mum, said: “She was unable to walk for a significant amount of time and one of her legs wouldn’t bend.

"She’