Video shows woman who lived lying down to avoid being internally decapitated walking for the first time
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A video shows a disabled woman who lived lying down to avoid being internally decapitated walking for the first time after undergoing surgery. In the footage, Melanie Hartshorn can be seen standing up and taking several steps forward with her team of physios at North Tyneside Hospital. The 34-year-old has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which caused her skull to dislocate from her spine. Melanie lived with a halo brace 24 hours a day to keep her in a fixed position to stop her suffering violent seizures...

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