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Wes was born on the 21st September 2011 in Leeds, turning up 9 weeks before he was due. Fighting through weeks of intensive care, he beat all expectations by quickly learning to breathe and feed without medical assistance.

Just as Wes was looking forward to finally coming home, a routine scan picked up signs of bleeding inside his head. A frantic series of follow-up ultrasound and MRI examinations established that this bleeding was real and serious, and had caused part of his brain to permanently stop working.

The section of Wesley’s brain that is damaged deals with motor control – making it harder for him to move his hands, feet and legs normally. As a result, he suffers from cerebral palsy – meaning he cannot currently sit, crawl or stand.

Without a really special effort, it is unlikely he will ever be able to walk on his own.

There is hope, however, in the form of a pioneering neurosurgical procedure called ‘Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy’ (SDR). Thousands of children in Wesley’s condition have benefitted from this procedure and are now walking, rather than in wheelchairs.

Please help us to give Wesley his wish. Every £1 donated will make a real difference.

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