PINT-SIZED Sarah Lord is about to see her dream come true. The international Make a Wish Foundation has told the fragile six-year-old, who weighs just over a stone, that they will finance a family trip to Disneyworld in Florida.

Sarah, who faces a daily battle for survival, has a hole in heart and her kidney's don't function properly.

The youngster from Grimshaw Street, Great Harwood, is just one of two children in the country to survive a rare condition called Kavffman McKussick.

Last year doctors told her parents that she would live just three months.

It was Renee Eborall one of her mums work colleagues who nominated Sarah for a "wish".

Renee, of Jackson Street, Clayton-le-Moors, said: "Sarah is a lovely little girl. As soon as I heard about the Make a Wish Foundation I thought of her. I'd never heard of them before but I'm glad they could help her."

Sarah's mum Karen said: "Doctors told us she would need a kidney transplant and dialysis but her body is far too fragile so I refused it.

"She would need dialysis four times a day and that would ruin her quality of life."

She added: "Sarah's such a happy little girl, always polite and chatty to everyone. She attends a normal primary school and is full of confidence. We're all really excited about the holiday. Without the Foundation's help we would never have been able to afford it."

Karen added: "When we're out shopping she's always making conversation with people in the queue. They're amazed because they think she's only about two."

Karen, her partner Philip and his three-year-old son James fly to Florida with Sarah next month.

A spokesman for the Make a Wish Foundation said: "Whatever the wish, it's coming true can bring a little sunshine into lives that have been dominated by pain and trauma. It can also give them the will to keep fighting to get better when everything else seems bleak."

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