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Lydia s journey: A little Kiwi girl s mission to put two feet on the ground
13 Apr, 2021 09:00 AM
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Four-year-old Lydia s leg has gained 8 cm in length since she began leg lengthening procedures in the US. Photo / Supplied
Four-year-old Lydia s leg has gained 8 cm in length since she began leg lengthening procedures in the US. Photo / Supplied
An Auckland family that uprooted their life in New Zealand in a bid to get life-changing surgery for their little girl in the US are celebrating an important milestone.
Four-year-old Lydia Golding was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD), which affects the pelvis and hip bone, and results in a shortened leg.
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A young girl who was born with one leg shorter than the other because of a rare birth defect has received life-altering surgery to extend her leg by eight centimetres.
New Zealand girl Lydia Golding, four, was born with her right leg 14 centimetres shorter than her left.
A birth defect known as proximal focal deficiency, which affects one in every 200,000 people, had compromised her femur bone, causing the right leg to stop growing.
Not only would Lydia need a prosthetic leg in order to walk around for the rest of her life but the limp would place extra strain on other bones and joints and cause future problems for her body.