Children are protagonists of overcoming stories that excite us, as is the case with Millie Bea Hughes, a four-year-old British girl with cerebral palsy who took her first steps alone on the first day of school.
It was the girl herself who told her mother that she wanted to start the primary education course by entering the school on her own, so she was practicing all summer to make it possible.
Thanks to her effort and determination, the little girl took her first steps without help while her mother and her twin brother encouraged her and supported her in that special moment.
In the video we can see Millie with her new school uniform and with a huge smile on her face, taking her first wobbly steps at the entrance of the school. Behind her is her mother, Natalie, giving her support and with her her twin brother Evan, who continues to encourage her.
He was born with cerebral palsy
Millie was born on January 26, 2014 at 32 weeks, 13 minutes before her twin brother Evan Ray. You have cerebral palsy, a brain disorder that affects motor coordination throughout the body.
Cerebral palsy is variable from one person to another. Some people have weak limbs, sudden and uncontrollable movements, while others have motor disabilities and cannot even walk.
In January Millie underwent a selective dorsal rhizotomy, a very expensive intervention that could be made possible by fundraising on an online platform.
This operation (SDR) is an intervention that is performed to reduce spasticity or extremely tense muscles associated with cerebral palsy. It is a procedure that is performed in some children from three to four years to nine to ten years.
The girl also performs a physical therapy that is helping her to depend less and less on her crutches to walk.
"Simple things like kneeling on both knees and lifting one to help her get up again were impossible before the operation, but now she can do it with relative ease," her mother tells Daily Mail.
A moving news of overcoming and at the same time an example of motivation for many people.
