Girl to have head shaved for charity before brain surgery

22 Oct 2013 08:30

Youngster with cerebral palsy set to undergo surgery, but will first take on a charity head shave in aid of the Little Princess Trust and Paralympics hand cyclist Rachel Morris

A brave 12-year-old girl will have her head shaved for charity before undergoing brain surgery next month.

Katherine Brine lives in Elstead and goes to Rodborough Technology College in Milford. She has cerebral palsy which means she needs to use a wheelchair.

On Tuesday November 12, Katherine will travel to Kings College Hospital in London to undergo a procedure called deep brain stimulation, to help her condition.

Katherines hair has to be completely shaved off before the operation, but instead of letting hospital staff shave it on the day she has decided to get it done in public, in a bid to raise as much money as she can for her friend, Farnham-based Paralympic gold medallist Rachel Morris, who has had the funding for a new specially adapted car withdrawn.

Katherine said: I am a normal 12-year-old girl with a difference.

"It has been a challenge to come to terms with having to shave off my beautifully long, strawberry blonde hair but doing this for Rachel makes it all worthwhile.

Rachel is an amazing athlete, and has won a gold medal in the 2008 Paralympics and a bronze in London 2012.

Rachel needs a modified car to get to her sports meetings, which is in a garage, but her sponsor has pulled out so she needs our help.

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Girl to have head shaved for charity before brain surgery