Stepping out of her home wearing a princess dress and wellies, five-year-old Poppy Davies calmly walked from her home to her school nearby and approached one of her teachers. She said: "Mummy's on the floor and I can't wake her up." Her mother Leisha Davies, 35, was lying unconscious in her bedroom at her home in Pontllanfraith, near Blackwood , and was fighting for her life having gone into septic shock.
She had collapsed the night before but her young daughter stayed with her until the morning before seeking help from teachers at Pontllanfraith Primary School. In the run up to January 18, Leisha had undergone an operation for a twisted bowel but since returning to work she had been feeling unwell, with her legs and face starting to swell. That night her husband Ryan was working a night shift, and it was just Leisha and Poppy in the house.
READ MORE: 'I want to move house after fire attack on my home in middle of night' READ MORE: The absolutely beautiful Welsh beach where the sea is full of sewage The last thing the mental health worker remembered was Poppy prancing around in her princess dress before collapsing and losing consciousness. Leisha said: "My daughter spent the whole night with me, she didn't know what to do. 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.
