Girl Born with Red Nose Was Cruelly Called ‘Rudolph’ for It Few Years Later The Unexpected Took Place

Before Connie Lloyd was born in Slough, Berkshire, a 26-week scan showed an unexplained shadow on her nose. However, when she was welcomed in September 2008, she looked healthy without any apparent issues.

By the time she was a day old, Zara Green and Tom Lloyd noticed that she had a pronounced red mark on the tip of her tiny nose. The couple initially assumed it was a pressure mark left behind from the delivery.

However, two weeks later, the mark had darkened and become lumpy, but they were told it was a common birthmark. When she was a month old, the spot had grown by one and a half inches in diameter. Green recalled how amazed they were when they saw their daughter’s nose and that she looked different, but they still knew it was little Connie.

The couple’s general practitioner referred them to the Great Ormond Street Hospital, where they saw a specialist. Their daughter was diagnosed with a benign tumor called haemangioma. The little girl had to struggle with having a bright red “clown’s nose” – something she didn’t……Read Full Story Here.……..