'An hour after this photo was taken my girl nearly drowned, now she can’t speak or move – parents must teach kids to swim'
WHEN Paula Kozuch first saw this cute snap of her smiling daughter Gabby in a pink swimsuit, enjoying a friend's pool on a summer's day as she bobbed around with her body float on - she loved it.Gabby playing in the pool on the day of the accident
Thankfully, she was saved just in time thanks to CPR but suffered permanent brain damage and doctors have said she will not improve - although mum Paula, 30, is hopeful she will as she makes minor progress on a regular basis. Paula was heading off to work as a home help when she waved goodbye to Gabby, her brother Alex, now seven, and daughter Lilly, now three, as they headed out for the day with their dad Tim, 30, on June 7 last year.
“That year she had changed hugely,” she said, breaking down in tears. “She went from being shy and withdrawn to noisy and cheerful. School brought her out of her shell. She was so lively and excitable.” “Gabby was really proud of new things she had learnt around the time it happened,” she explained. “She was showing off, shouting ‘dad I can swim’ - it was the floatation device.
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