Family need £37,000 for life-changing operation for daughter Lily

19 Aug 2013 12:03

Loved ones of cerebral palsy sufferer Lily Ketherington are raising cash for a life-changing operation in America

Laughing and giggling, little Lily Ketteringham wishes she could run around with her brother and sisters.

The five-year-old cant walk or stand unaided after being diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of nine months.

But now Lily has been accepted by an American hospital for pioneering surgery which could change her life.

The operation, developed in the United States, will cost around 35,000 and will help Lily to walk properly.

Her dad Stephen, 41, has thrown himself into fundraising to raise money for the treatment in The Childrens Hospital, St Louis, in Missouri.

Cerebral palsy sufferer Lily Ketteringham

With the help of family and friends, the engineering company worker, of Benwell, Newcastle, has already raised 20,000 but needs the rest of the money before January when Lily is booked into the hospital.

He said: Its absolutely life-changing. It would mean everything to us if Lily got the operation.

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