Patrick, 2, suffers from thoracic levoscoliosis and lumbar dextroscoliosis
Patrick Deery is only toddler with his whole life ahead of him. The two-year-old is "full of life" and loves to play with others and his favourite toys.
They advised the family that he should begin wearing a body brace to keep his spine from moving too much, with surgery likely required later down the line. "I always suspected that Patrick was born with this condition because you could see his back wasn't positioned correctly from the minute he was born, but to be actually told that he would need surgery which would require rods in his back and that they'd have to be replaced every six months was head-spinning for me."
"Another mum from Co Derry told me that her son went to the US for this treatment and after six years his back was straight and that avoided the need to do surgery. That's what I want for Patrick. "Travelling to the Philadelphia is not ideal for me and my family because I have two other children and they are used to having me in the family home and it's going to disrupt all of our lives.
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