Final push to raise £20,000 for Leeds toddler with rare degenerative disorder
A Leeds mother has spoken of her struggle after her three-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a rare, degenerative disorder '“ as the family prepare for a drugs trial in America offered to only 15 children worldwide.
Zoe Lightfoot has infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD), a condition which means an affected child usually dies between the ages of five and 10.
She was diagnosed in April after an MRI brain scan in January revealed significant brain damage and cerebellar atrophy.
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Hide AdThe part of the brain that affects balance and co-ordination, speech and swallowing had formed normally as a baby, but then shrivelled.
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