5 Year Old Goes Through Experimental Surgery

Rosie Davies was born with spinal segmental dysgenesis.

About four inches of her spine and backbone were missing leading to paralysis in her legs, which had been curled up against her chest, since birth.

It is a life threatening disorder as it causes the upper body to crush down on the vital organs, since the support is missing.

Doctors knew it was just a matter of time until she died from the growing pressure.

In a thirteen hour surgery, doctors at Birmingham Children's Hospital amputated her legs, and used bone from them to create a bone graft replacing her missing spine and back bone.

Such an operation had never been done before.

Since the surgery, the five year old has begun feeling the tops of her legs, for the first time ever.

That is a great sign for her, as it means prosthetic legs will one day be possible for her, and she could eventually walk.