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Annabelle is 2 years old from Coombe Hill, Gloucestershire and was born 12 weeks’ prematurely. Soon after, she was diagnosed with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy as a result of her premature birth. The biggest symptom in Annabelle is that she has a really intense tightness in the muscles in her legs (just like heavy duty elastic bands). This means that she is unable to walk unaided and suffers from regular pain as a result of her tight muscles.

She is a really bright, bubbly, loving, cuddly little girl and so very brave. She only ever gets grumbly after long, intensive periods of physio.

There is an operation that would help Annabelle walk, called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR). This is a 5 hour neuro-surgical operation that would directly target and eliminate the nerve rootlets in Annabelle’s spinal cord that cause the spasticity in her legs. The process would leave only the properly-firing nerve rootlets intact and would permanently eliminate the spasticity in her muscles.

The best place in the world for SDR is the St Louis Children’s Hospital, Missouri in America. There, Dr Park has performed over 2,500 operations and his success rate is 100%. That’s 100%. Amazingly, every single SDR operation he has ever performed has succeeded in improving the child’s life forever. This is what we, and Annabelle, want so badly.

The price of the SDR operation is very high. Once the operation itself, aftercare, travel and accommodation costs are taken into account, we would need to have raised £55,000.

This is why we really need your help!

So if you would like to help Annabelle achieve her dream, please click on the JustGiving link below, which will take you directly to Annabelle’s JustGiving page: Annabelle’s Dream!

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