A MIRACLE toddler is celebrating the return of his special teddy after it went missing.

Little Davis Kerr spent six months in intensive care suffering from Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), a potentially fatal illness which affects about one in every 2,500 births.

Half of all babies born with the condition do not survive, but Davis bravely battled through and is now a lively two-year-old enjoying nursery.

His buddy bear Thor was with him every step of the way, so he was distraught when it vanished.

His mum Joni, 41, put out an appeal after the knitted toy went missing last Wednesday, near St Patrick’s Primary.

Joni, of Killochend Drive, retraced her steps and Davis’ grandparents Billie and Frank McLaughlin did the same but with no success.

They had all but given up hope when Joni discovered that a good samaritan had left the teddy on their doorstep.

She said: “We’re absolutely over the moon and want to thank the person who returned him.”

Davis lives with Joni, dad Alex, 34, and big brother Lucas, six, and his parents have been on an emotional rollercoaster ever since he was born.

Joni learned about her baby’s serious medical problem at a 20-week scan in Inverclyde Royal Hospital.

She said: “I was devastated and sent to the Southern General for an emergency appointment.

“They had to run tests to see if Davis had any other conditions which would have meant an abortion being recommended.

“It took two days for the test results to come through and it was the longest 48 hours of my life.”

Davis was born without a diaphragm and his organs were pushed up into his chest cavity, meaning his lungs didn’t develop properly.

He is doing very well now and no longer requires the extra oxygen he needed when he left hospital.

But he can still become ill at any time and was rushed into hospital last October when the patch that was fitted to replace his diaphragm ripped and affected his bowel.

Joni, a check-out supervisor at Glasgow Airport, said: “He was violently sick.”

The brave little lad had to undergo an eight-hour operation, his ninth, at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, to repair the patch — with his beloved teddy by his side.

Even when Davis and his family recently met Scotland manager Gordon Strachan, pictured, when the national team was training at Parklea, Thor came along too.