Baby mauled by fox 'feeling better'

Pauline Koupparis, the mother of two baby girls who were mauled by a fox at their home in London
12 April 2012

A baby girl mauled by a fox as she slept is "a lot better", her grandmother has said.

Lola Koupparis and her twin sister Isabella, aged nine months, were found crying and covered in blood after the fox went into their upstairs bedroom and attacked them in their cots in Hackney, east London.

Their family remained worried about Isabella on Wednesday morning.

The twins' grandmother, Zoe Koupparis, from Hackney, said: "Lola is a lot better but Isabella is still sedated.

"We're really pleased about Lola. Nick and Pauline (the girls' parents) are definitely pleased but of course they're concerned about Isabella."

She did not know whether Lola would be discharged from the Royal London Hospital in east London, where the pair were taken after the attack on Saturday night, adding: "It depends on what the doctor says."

Isabella was transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital in central London on Monday night for further treatment.

Family members have reportedly said that the fox attack could be "life-changing" for the twins.

Their mother discovered the girls looking "like something from a horror movie" after the mauling and described it as "like a living nightmare".

Lola had facial injuries and some puncture marks on her arm, while Isabella suffered injuries to her arm, she said.

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