NI girl’s incredible journey to war-torn Ukraine for life saving brain surgery

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'Rachel has just been taking it all in her stride, she is an amazing little girl'

A four-year-old girl from Co Down is home and recovering after an incredible journey travelling to war-torn Ukraine for life saving brain surgery.

Doctors in the UK were unwilling to chance the complex brain surgery Rachel needed, which involved removing part of the little girl’s brain. Now seizure free in the four weeks since her surgery, Rachels’ mum Katie Jennings says her daughter is now going from strength to strength. “Going to Ukraine was a scary prospect with the war going on and I would be lying if I said there wasn't moments when I wondered if I was doing the right thing.“There were air raid sirens going off while we were there, it was pretty surreal.

“In all of this, these amazing people had the time to treat a little girl from Killyleagh, to give a little girl from Killyleagh a life to live.”

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