Story
Hey guys on the 27th July me and Terry are going to face ours fears and do a 12,000 ft skydive for my friends daughter who has Cerebral Palsy. She has been given a life changing oppertunity to have an opperation in the USA which will enable her to walk unaided. Please help Scarletts wishes come true by donating right here.
Feel free to read her story below
Hello, my name is Scarlett, I am 8 years old and I have Cerebral Palsy. I have just been accepted to have a life changing operation called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy at St. Louis Children's Hospital in America. You can read about this amazing operation here:
http://www.stlouischildrens.org/content/medservices/aboutselectivedorsalrhizotomy.htm
When I was born I had a really tough time. I entered the big wide world 8 weeks early weighing 4lb 7oz and I had to be resuscitated as I wasn't breathing on my own. As a result of this, my brain and my other internal organs were starved of oxygen and I sustained a bleed on my brain. I was rushed to special care where I was wired up to life support and lots of other machines. The next day, the doctor came to see me to check me over and listened to my heart, he heard a murmur and ordered for me to have an heart scan. The doctor then told my Mummy and Daddy that I had a major heart defect called Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA for short) and I urgently needed an operation. At just 2 weeks old, now weighing 5lb and the smallest baby the surgeon said he had performed this operation on, I had life-saving open-heart surgery to switch my arteries to the correct position. Although my heart operation was a success, the brain damage that I had sustained at birth had resulted in me being diagnosed with PVL and this is the most common cause of Cerebral Palsy.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my story and please support me by making a donation. It does not matter how small your donation is, any amount will go towards "making my wish come true".
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