Gallery: Brave Michelle takes her first steps

Cape Town - 120821 - Michelle looking pretty in pink with Dr Roux Martinez, medical officer for the Burns Unit, and mother Ursula Motibi - Michelle Motibi, 5, from Wallacedene suffered from flame burns to 86% of her body after she was in a shack fire. Michelle was basically written-off, not expected to survive, but according to doctors her fighting spirit pulled her through. She has been in the ward for the past 4 months. She is undergoing treatment at Red Cross Children's Hospital's burn unit - Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Cape Town - 120821 - Michelle looking pretty in pink with Dr Roux Martinez, medical officer for the Burns Unit, and mother Ursula Motibi - Michelle Motibi, 5, from Wallacedene suffered from flame burns to 86% of her body after she was in a shack fire. Michelle was basically written-off, not expected to survive, but according to doctors her fighting spirit pulled her through. She has been in the ward for the past 4 months. She is undergoing treatment at Red Cross Children's Hospital's burn unit - Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Cape Town - 120821 - Michelle plays with building blocks with Rukaiya Mowzer - Michelle Motibi, 5, from Wallacedene suffered from flame burns to 86% of her body after she was in a shack fire. Michelle was basically written-off, not expected to survive, but according to doctors her fighting spirit pulled her through. She has been in the ward for the past 4 months. She is undergoing treatment at Red Cross Children's Hospital's burn unit - Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Cape Town - 120821 - Goldie the Care Clown plays with Michelle - Michelle Motibi, 5, from Wallacedene suffered from flame burns to 86% of her body after she was in a shack fire. Michelle was basically written-off, not expected to survive, but according to doctors her fighting spirit pulled her through. She has been in the ward for the past 4 months. She is undergoing treatment at Red Cross Children's Hospital's burn unit - Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Cape Town - 120821 - Michelle is fed her daily medicine - Michelle Motibi, 5, from Wallacedene suffered from flame burns to 86% of her body after she was in a shack fire. Michelle was basically written-off, not expected to survive, but according to doctors her fighting spirit pulled her through. She has been in the ward for the past 4 months. She is undergoing treatment at Red Cross Children's Hospital's burn unit - Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Cape Town - 120821 - Michelle undergoes physio and occupational therapy with Brett Phillips and Teri-ann Abrahams - Michelle Motibi, 5, from Wallacedene suffered from flame burns to 86% of her body after she was in a shack fire. Michelle was basically written-off, not expected to survive, but according to doctors her fighting spirit pulled her through. She has been in the ward for the past 4 months. She is undergoing treatment at Red Cross Children's Hospital's burn unit - Photo: Matthew Jordaan

Cape Town - 120821 - Michelle takes some of her first steps in the last four months since her accident with Brett Phillips helping her while Pandora Rees looks on - Michelle Motibi, 5, from Wallacedene suffered from flame burns to 86% of her body after she was in a shack fire. Michelle was basically written-off, not expected to survive, but according to doctors her fighting spirit pulled her through. She has been in the ward for the past 4 months. She is undergoing treatment at Red Cross Children's Hospital's burn unit - Photo: Matthew Jordaan