A woman who has spent the majority of her life lying down is set to undergo life-saving surgery - but she still needs to raise more than £15,000 in order to pay for it.
Melanie Hartshorn suffers from a genetic condition called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) which causes her skull to dislocate from her neck and spine. The 32-year-old, who lives in Cramlington, Northumberland, struggles to sit up and spends most of her time confined to her bed.
She is being kept alive by a surgical halo vest which she wears 24 hours a day. However the halo is only a short term solution and is currently broken.
