A toddler is to become the youngest person in the world to take part in a charity swim – after recovering from open heart surgery when she was six weeks old.
Rosanna Ogden was born with a life-threatening heart tumour and had surgery to remove it.
Doctors suggested swimming could help her recover - and next month the two-year-old will be the youngest person to take part in a charity swim for the British Heart Foundation.
When she was born, Rosanna was diagnosed with rhabdomyoma - a benign heart tumour so rare there have only been three similar cases in the UK in the last decade.
Parents Sanam and Mick were told she might not survive the eight-hour operation.
Sanam, 26, told The Sun: "It was terrifying. Without the surgery she couldn't have lived.
"One of us was allowed in theatre to kiss her. Mick was too upset, so I did it. They had to wrestle me out again though."
Surgeons managed to remove most of the tumour - the rest will shrink as she grows. They said swimming could help build up her strength.
Sanam first tried her in the pool when Rosanna was 10 weeks old.
Sanam, from Manchester, said: "She loved it so much we started taking her several times a week.
"She had no problem going underwater and never cried. The doctors were very pleased and said she was getting stronger even faster than they hoped."
Rosanna first swam unaided on a holiday in Spain aged 13 months.
A proud Sanam added: "She hadn't even taken her first steps yet - but she could swim like a baby mermaid."
Rosanna, who has gained her 10-metre certificate, likes diving and swimming underwater, and can do front crawl and butterfly strokes.