Fundraising plea for cerebal palsy op

THE family of a Woking boy with cerebral palsy are hoping to raise 50,000 to fund an operation in America.

Three-year-old Jack Ostler was born eight weeks early at St Peters Hospital in Chertsey, which caused him to suffer oxygen starvation and as a result he has cerebral palsy.

His parents, Sarah and Simon Ostler, of Turnoak Avenue, have already raised more than 10,000 but have a lot more fundraising to do if Jack is to have an operation in the United States.

The youngster has difficulty using his arms, hands and legs and his condition means he finds talking difficult and he will not be able to walk, use his hands normally or sit up without help.

Mrs Ostler said: Jacks life is very much centred around therapy. Every day he has therapy in some form.

Hes not like any other three-year-old who is running round the park or playing with toys.

Simon and I are his arms and legs.

She said, however, Jack is a happy and smiley little boy and goes to the White Lodge Centre in Chertsey and The Dame Vera Lynn Trust School for Parents in West Sussex.

An operation, known as selective dorsal rhizotomy, would involve removing some of the nerve connections from Jacks muscles to his spinal cord that cause the immobility and stiffness in his legs.

The surgery, which is carried out at St Louis Childrens Hospital in Missouri, could help him move more freely.

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Fundraising plea for cerebal palsy op