Caring 4 Kids - Lauren

Hello! My name is Lauren and I'm three years old. I have cerebral palsy, right sided hemiplegia and epilepsy and have been coming to Salisbury District Hospital Children's Unit for Physiotherapy since I was about 6 months old.

Physiotherapy is lots of fun. I come every week to see Anne, our physiotherapist, who has helped me to do lots of different things like hold my head up, sit up, roll over, prop on both my hands, move around on the floor - everything!

Mummy says she doesn't know what we'd have done without physiotherapy. At the moment I'm working really hard learning to stand. I know Anne will keep helping me until I do it.

"Lauren has received fantastic care from all the staff at Salisbury Children's Unit since her diagnosis at 5 months old. This has made our very regular visits to the Unit much more bearable for Lauren and me. To be able to bring Lauren to a new dedicated children's centre that is focused on the children would make such a difference to our time spent at Salisbury District Hospital. Making Lauren's time attending clinics and appointments more like fun and less like hospital would be absolutely brilliant for her. She deserves lots of fun as she has to work so hard to achieve the things that so many children take for granted."
Ann Morgan - Lauren's Mum

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