'Without it he'll never walk': Parents of toddler with cerebral palsy must raise £60,000 to pay for son to have …

Oliver Osborne was born 12 weeks prematurely, weighing just 2lbs 12oz He spent weeks in intensive care and developed the superbug MRSA He was eventually released from hospital when he was seven-weeks-old When he was nine-months-old, his parents realised something was wrong because he had not started to roll over or sit up on his own Eventually, he was diagnosed with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy He cannot walk and can only stand with the help of a walking frame He needs pioneering Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy surgery without which he will never walk normally

By Emma Innes

PUBLISHED: 06:14 EST, 13 October 2013 | UPDATED: 02:23 EST, 14 October 2013

The parents of a toddler with cerebral palsy have told how they face a desperate battle to raise tens of thousands of pounds to pay for him to have life-changing surgery.

Oliver Osborne, two, needs pioneering surgery to enable him to walk, but the operation is not funded by the NHS.

His parents, Sallyanne, 38, and Terry, 36, must now raise 60,000 to pay for him to have the operation at either Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital, Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, or Leeds General Infirmary.

Oliver Osborne, two, has spastic diplegic cerebral palsy which means he will not be able to walk without a frame unless he has pioneering surgery which is not available on the NHS

Without the surgery, the best they can hope for Oliver is that he will be able to walk with the help of a frame.

The surgery would give Oliver the chance for a normal life I cant put into words how much it would mean for him, Mrs Osborne, from Fareham in Hampshire, told MailOnline.

Oliver was born almost 12 weeks early in January 2011 weighing just 2lbs 12oz.

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