A?COFFEE?morning at Souls Harbour Church to raise funds for a life-changing operation for a 13-year-old Camelford girl, who has cerebral palsy, raised £300.

Abi Crowther was born ten weeks prematurely and lack of oxygen at birth resulted in her spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy. This means daily living from buttoning a shirt to walking, which many of us take for granted, can be 100 times harder for her to achieve.

Abi is unable to stand alone and cannot walk without the aid of her walking frame and even then has to have someone close by. She has daily exercises to help with the increased tone and spasticity in her muscles, which becomes more as she grows. It is like a battle with the spasticity. Abi has a challenged and painful life.

There is, however, the chance of a life-changing operation carried out by Dr Park at St Louis Hospital in America. An operation called an SDR or selective dorsal rhizotomy.

If the funds raised for Abi exceed the £50,000 target needed, or if not enough funds are raised, or they cannot be used for any other reason, they will go to the Tree of Hope charity to assist other sick children.

Anyone who wishes to donate can do so via the website http://www.justgiving.com/abiswishtowalk">www.justgiving.com/abiswishtowalk

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