PROUD mum Gaynor Christey reckons her son Lewis is head and shoulders above the rest.

The plucky two-year-old from Farnworth completed a charity walk just two months after undergoing open heart surgery.

Lewis raised £300 for Alder Hey Hospital's Cardiac Unit where he was treated in June for a hole in the heart.

Gaynor said the sponsored walk around Great Lever Park was organised as "a big thank-you" to the staff at the Merseyside hospital.

She said: "They were all absolutely brilliant.

"As a result of his condition, Lewis suffered a lot from colds and chest infections and had a poor appetite. But we could see the difference the day after the operation and he eats like a horse now."

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