Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2022
Mum fears dance loving toddler will lose ability to walk without unfunded drug
1 August 2022 - An Auckland toddler who loves to dance may soon be unable to walk or stand if medicine for her rare condition stays unfunded.
Two year old Zoey Butcher was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 3 in March and her mum, Chauntel Wedlake, said the treatments available were unfunded in New Zealand and cost more than $400,000 a year.
