Brave girl with cerebral palsy needs help to achieve dream of becoming a dancer

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Brave Leah Davy reams of becoming a dancer, despite being unable to put her feet on the floor due to a chronic cerebral palsy condition

The five-year-old's family are now on a mission to raise 35,000 so the little girl can receive treatment that will finally help her take her first steps.

Inspirational Leah, from Rowley Regis, suffers from spastic diplegia, which leaves her leg muscles so tight she is unable to place her feet on the ground.

Dream: Katherine and Leah are trying to raise 35,000 for a spinal operation

Leah hopes to have a pioneering operation to cut nerves in her spinal cord to allow her to walk, and maybe even do her first dance steps, reports the Birmingham Mail.

But the selective dorsal rhizotomy procedure is not available on the NHS in the Midlands, and her family are determined to raise the vital funds themselves, so Leah can have the operation in Liverpool or Bristol.

The operation would mean that she could be normal, and play catch with her friends, said Mum Katherine Davy, her full-time carer.

Operation: The selective dorsal rhizotomy procedure is not available on NHS in the Midlands

She gets upset sometimes, and would love to be able to start dance lessons, but she cant.

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Brave girl with cerebral palsy needs help to achieve dream of becoming a dancer