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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Phil Cardy

'I have just two weeks to raise £60,000 for urgent life-saving surgery or I will die'

A woman who lives in a halo brace has just two weeks to raise £60,000 for surgery that could save her life.

Melanie Hartshorn, who has spent most of her life on her back, has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which causes her skull to dislocate from her neck and spine.

The halo, which she wears 24/7, keeps her in a fixed position and stops constant seizures.

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