unger: Olivia was run over by a car - but walked away relatively uninjured
Doctors dubbed her “bionic” while her mother says she is “made of steel.”
For seven-year-old Olivia Farnsworth has real life super powers.
The Huddersfield youngster feels no pain, doesn’t get tired and is never hungry.
Olivia has a rare chromosome disorder that has left doctors and her family amazed.
It is thought she could be the only person in the world to exhibit the three symptoms together.
Her truly unique qualities have seen her run over by a car and walk away virtually uninjured.
She once went three days and nights without sleep and her mum says she has no interest in food, reports the Huddersfield Examiner.
Huddersfield ExaminerBrave schoolgirl feels no pain, doesn't get tired and never feels hungryStunned: Olivia has a rare chromosome disorder that has left doctors and family amazed
When she was diagnosed, the consultant geneticist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals admitted she had never seen the disorder before in her career.
Mum, Niki, 32, said it was so rare it didn’t even have a name.
Little Olivia’s condition is described as chromosome 6 deletion but the mix of super-human abilities has never been reported before.
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“She’s got no sense of danger,” said Niki, a single mum-of-five.
“She got run over and dragged down the street by a car and she didn’t complain.
“She was dragged about ten car lengths down the road. It was horrendous, I don’t think it’s something I will ever get over.
“I was screaming and all my other children were screaming as she ran out.
“But Olivia was just like, ‘What’s going on?’. She just got up and started walking back to me.
“The hospital said she’s bionic.
Huddersfield ExaminerBrave schoolgirl feels no pain, doesn't get tired and never feels hungryCondition: Olivia has no sense of danger, according to her mum
“Because of the impact she should have had severe injuries. She had a tyre mark on her chest.
“But her only injuries were she had no skin on her toe or her hip.
“The doctors were busy giving her CT scans, x-rays, trying to find injuries but there was nothing. She was really lucky.
“The doctors think what saved her from injury was she didn’t tense up.”
Niki said the signs of Olivia’s unique condition started when she was just a few months old. But she said her little girl’s toughness was not the blessing some may think.
“As a baby I always said she was made of steel as she never cried,” said Niki. “I never thought she’d feel no pain, it was just a joke.
“From being nine months old that’s when I realised something wasn’t right as she stopped napping during the day.
“She had bad colic and her hair didn’t grow. She had no hair until she was about four-and-a-half. People called her a boy all the time.
“She became a really fussy eater and would have nothing but milk shakes. At the moment it’s chicken noodles.
“She lived on butter sandwiches for about a year.
“She doesn’t feel hunger so I can’t threaten her like other children by saying if you don’t eat that you’ll not get this as she isn’t bothered.
“She also once fell badly and ripped her lip off and didn’t say anything. She had to have major plastic surgery to correct it.”
Olivia’s third “super power” is she never feels tired.