Life-changing op offers Katie, 6, chance to walk

The family of a 6-year-old girl has expressed its delight after a hospital in the US agreed to carry out what may be a life-changing operation.

Life-changing op offers Katie, 6, chance to walk

Katie Byrne, who can’t walk or stand independently, is scheduled to undergo the operation at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, in July — provided her family raises the €60,000 needed.

When she was nine months old, her parents Robert and Antoinette noticed Katie couldn’t crawl or sit unaided.

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