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Baby girl receives life-saving treatment for free, after family raises $3 million – Essential Baby
The Van Doormaal family started a crowdfunding page to raise money for their baby’s treatment, though in a surprise twist it was paid for.
Lucy Van Doormaal was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. Photo: Instagram
A seven-month-old girl has received life-saving medical treatment for free, after her family spent months raising millions of dollars to pay for it.
Lucy Van Doormaal was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease which affects the muscles, causing them to deteriorate over time.
According to the crowdfunding page set up by Lucy’s father, Scott, the condition was discovered during a standard newborn…
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