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A three-year-old girl from Dorset has undergone life-changing surgery in the US that could help her walk normally.
Charlotte Wakefield has cerebral palsy and was aided by a support frame.
The NHS offered the youngster, from Wimborne, surgery and follow up Botox injections to ease symptoms, but her family was against it.
Instead they raised £28,000 to travel to the US for a procedure to cut the nerves at the base of her spine, which has proved successful.
The operation, called selective dorsal rhizotomy, was carried out by surgeons at St Louis Children’s Hospital in Missouri.
It involved cutting the hyperactive nerves in Charlotte’s spine which were causing problems … Continue Reading
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