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"She’s my little fighter": NHS worker's battle to help her three-year-old walk for the first time

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An NHS worker whose little girl has spina bifida is trying to raise £12,000 in the hope that the three-year-old - who is paralysed from the waist down - will finally be able to take her first steps.

Natalie Halson, 32, from Manchester, is trying to raise funds to send her daughter, Mirabelle, to Florida for specialist therapy - including wearing a state of the art TheraSuit to correct her body's alignment.

Natalie’s unborn baby was diagnosed with spina bifida at a 22 week scan. READ MORE: GPs in England 'to work Saturdays and week nights' under contract update According to the NHS, the condition means a baby's spine and spinal cord does not develop properly in the womb, causing a gap in the spine.

Determined to give her little girl a fighting chance, Natalie continued with the pregnancy, travelling from Manchester to London's Great Ormond Street Hospital every three weeks for a special ultrasound.

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