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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
Jamie Lopez & Nisha Mal

Parents fear baby will spend childhood in wheelchair due to 'repeated surgery delays'

The mum and dad of a baby girl are scared she will spend her entire childhood in a wheelchair after the vital surgery she needs has been delayed multiple times. Kayah and Andrew's daughter Lilly Barry needs a major operation on her hip before she reaches 18 months - but there is little over three months left before she reaches this age.

The parents were originally given a surgery date in December 2022 but it was pushed back several times for various reasons. The couple are now desperate to get answers from the hospital on when the operation will take go ahead.

Mum Kayah says Lilly is left crying in pain if she even tries to crawl due to the pain it causes her. She was born with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), a condition where the "ball and socket" joint of the hip does not properly form in babies and young children.

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