A two-year-old girl who suffers from a rare hereditary condition starts specialist treatment next month.
Ellie Perryman, of Spenser Way, Jaywick, has Glutaric Aciduria Type 1. There are less than 50 known cases of the genetic disorder in the UK.
Ellie is unable to walk, sit or stand. She has been receiving physiotherapy to help strengthen her muscles and relieve spasticity.
Now her family are getting ready to take her to the Peto Institute in London for treatment.
Mum Caroline Money said: "They will retrain the parts of the brain to do what they are meant to do."
Published Monday December 15, 2003
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