A WORCESTER tot who earned herself the title of "Amazing Amy" after battling against life-threatening illnesses is expected to leave hospital within a few days.

Amy Lambert is due to leave Birmingham Children's Hospital on Monday, after making a remarkable recovery.

The two-year-old has amazed staff at Birmingham Children's Hospital, where she has spent five months after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia two weeks after her second birthday in December.

Amy spent nine weeks on the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for a severe blood infection, and also fought off pneumonia, which made it impossible for her to breathe on her own.

At her worst, Amy needed maximum ventilatory support from a special type of breathing equipment called an oscillator.

After making good progress on PICU, Amy returned to the hospital's oncology unit to recommence a programme of intensive chemotherapy treatment.

Parents Darren and Laura are delighted to be taking Amy home.

"Amy is our little miracle. It's amazing that she has battled against all the odds and is now making good progress," they said.

"She has had the toughest of starts to life and we want to thank everyone on both the intensive care unit and the oncology ward for their fantastic care.

"We know that Amy will still have undergo treatment for leukaemia at the hospital for two years, but we are so grateful that she has come through this particularly difficult time.

"Staff here have trained us up fully in looking after Amy at home and we have had some adaptions made to our house.

"Amy's cheeky personality has returned in full and we now recognise the little girl she was before she came into hospital and she is looking forward to seeing her six-year-old sister, Casey, again.

"We can now start to live a life as a family again."

Specialist staff on the unit have trained Darren and Laura to administer medicines, perform physiotherapy treatment and feeds in order to care for Amy at home in close conjunction with weekly clinic visits for monitoring.

Staff at the hospital are delighted at her progress.

"Amy has responded amazingly well to her chemotherapy, is now in remission, and has recovered beyond all of our expectations," said Dr Sarah Lawson, consultant oncologist. "We are astonished at how well both Amy and her family have coped with such serious illnesses".