Niamh set for life-changing London trip

The date has been set for an Angus girl to go through what could be a life-changing operation.

Niamh Horton, 8, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is set to have SDR treatment on July 12 at Londons Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The Strathmore Primary pupil will become one of only a handful of children in the UK to have been selected to undergo the surgery, which could radically improve her mobility.

Dad Graham said: Now that we have a date for the operation, we are really excited and a little bit nervous.

The good thing is Niamh is taking it in her stride.

We have a half-day assessment at the end of June at GOSH.

Then we are back down on July 11 with the operation the next day.

We would like to thank all our fundraisers, sponsors and everyone else who has helped us to get to this point.

Niamh will be the first to have the SDR operation done in the hospital.

Her family, friends and school pals, as well as a few kind strangers, have been fundraising across Tayside for months now to help boost the reserves, which will be needed to provide Niamh with vital after-care services.

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Niamh set for life-changing London trip